As someone who enjoys cozy mysteries and all things cozy, I obliviously watch the Great British Bake Off. I loved that A Good Day To Pie takes place at the baking competition. What sets this book above other books with a baking or cooking competition is that it is the first time I've read a cozy that uses a reality TV competition vrs a one day baking competition. Misha Popp's baking competition is like Great British Bake Off meets the Lifetime TV show Unreal if Agatha Christie was the executive producer.
Setting the second book in a cozy series in a different location and introducing almost all new characters AND using swear words is a bold move. This series continues to break some of the classic cozy tropes, but I think it stays true to the genre at its heart. Having the baking competition taking place at a mansion where all the contestants and crew have to stay for the full two weeks of the show's taping is quite a clever closed room mystery.
The baking scenes are also mouthwatering. I could really go for a pie, cake or cupcake just thinking about these scenes.
All in all this was a book I really enjoyed and I give it 5 stars.
Thanks to #NetGalley for the ARC! All opinions are mine! #AGOODDAYTOPIE
