Book Review | ARC Review | A Good Day to Pie

I realized this was book #2 in the series a couple chapters in. I did have to google a synopsis of the first book – more for my own need to know everything – but I think that the highlights were summed up enough to follow the book without having to read the first. It does make me want to go back and read the first one though!

Daisy specializes in baking pies and using family magic to bake feelings of hope, nostalgia, clarity – whatever feeling she would like the recipient to have – into her pies. She also has the ability to bake a darker magic. She started a side business Pies Before Guys that kills the eater without a trace. She only uses the dark magic against men that she had deemed deserving – they are beyond changing and are abusive and dangerous men. I don’t normally enjoy books with magic, but this book did a good job of make it subtle enough that it didn’t overwhelm the plot. 

Daisy finds herself on a pilot of an American baking show that is in line with the Great British Bake Off. 

I enjoyed the  details similar to the Great British Bake Off. I watched the show while on maternity leave and got so invested into the lovely atmosphere. It’s a great contrast to the environment that Daisy is experiencing with the show she is filming for. This is especially true when Daisy realizes that one of the judges for the show is a man she is supposed to deliver a pie to!

This was a fun read and I loved Daisy’s character. It was a great blend of murder, magic, baking and building friendships. I want to go back and read the first book now! 

Thanks Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for the ARC!