Thank you to the authors, publishers, and NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review. The recipe review and food pairing found on my Instagram feed are of my own doing.
Six Stunning Sirens
A Kitchen Witch Mystery
Lynn Cahoon
Kensington
A beauty pageant that takes competition to the next level but it isn’t the girls who you have to look out for…it’s the magical moms. Mystic Springs is a little different than most towns in Idaho, and Mia is a little different than most chefs. The one thing that they both have in common is magic. The town has a coven of witches and a few not so into the coven scene, like Mia, who is a kitchen witch. The main characteristic about being a kitchen witch is being a purveyor of peace. Mia has that talent in spades at least when it comes to anything or anyone with the exception of her boss Frank at the Lodge, oh and her cheating ex-fiancĂ©, Isaac. Mia is a great character that does a great job of following the leads, juggling job and business, making time for boyfriend Trent, and being a big sister to bff Christina. The story is engaging, the clues are good, the food descriptions are amazing and the misdirection is well staged.
Mia’s only reason for working at the
Lodge is to keep her catering dream, Mia’s Morsels, alive until it can thrive
on its own. One would think that getting the Miss Magic Springs Harvest Pageant
job would be a windfall and a blessing. Believe it or not, in an effort to
avoid getting the contract for the pageant, Abigail, Trent’s mom, submitted an
outrageous price on the opportunity to play host. No such luck, the pageant
officials like that they won’t be dealing with a mortal company. There still
ends up being issues, hexes that bounce back, a murder, a mystery that involves
the past, and a couple of couple issues. The big payout for handling the
pageant catering and location could be enough money to get Mia out from under
Frank’s thumb at the Lodge. That man is out to get her for no apparent reason,
causing Mia more stress than she needs. You know what is good for stress,
comfort food. The best sort of comfort food is nice warm soup like the chicken noodle soup that Mia had prepped and ready in the freezer. Incidentally, the recipe is
in the back of the book so you too can have a little comfort. Another bit of
comfort is learning that there will be more books to this series because there
are some big changes coming up for Mia and the gang. I am looking forward to
the next books in the series.
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