Dear Fellow Reader,

Off we go into 2025! And it is already speeding by. Almost the end of January already? What have I been doing?

Do you make resolutions or goals for the year? For the last, I don’t know how many years, I have been setting a reading goal on Goodreads. Last year, I decided that I wouldn’t try and read as many books. I wanted to be able to slow down and enjoy my reading more. I don’t know what I was thinking. The minute I looked at how many I read last year, I had to make sure I did better.

I have decided to make two changes this year. The first is that I am using Story Graph rather than Goodreads. I also decided not to set a number of books that I have to read in the year. I am going to read at least one non-fiction book a month. I want to make sure I get myself out of my cozy mystery rut. I do love a good cozy! I will let you know how I am doing during the year.

Having said that, I am starting off the year reviewing a cozy! Star-Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer Chow is the second in the Magical Fortune Cookie series. I reviewed the first book last February, Ill-Fated Fortune. (Ill-Fated Cookie Review)  and today is a review of the newly released second book in the series.

Star-Crossed Egg Tarts find Felicity Gin at a wedding as the caterer who is providing a “cake”, which is tiered egg tarts. The wedding is outdoors at the big park in town. When it is time for the wedding ceremony, the best man is nowhere to be found. Felicity’s friend and florist Kevin steps in at the last minute so the ceremony can go on. After the ceremony, Felicity runs to take a last-minute check on the egg tart tier, she discovers the body of Miles Wu, the best man,  under the table with her friend Kevin’s gardening shears in his chest.

Detective Sun is back in this book and arrives at the murder scene. Her relationship with Felicity is not the best but for a few minutes at least Feliciy is glad to see her.

Then it becomes apparent the Detective Sun seems to think that Kevin is guilty of the murder. So Felicity feels she has to clear Kevin’s name.

But there is an added complication. While waiting for the police to release them at the wedding, Felicity meets her father. She doesn’t really remember him – he left her mother years ago. It seems he is a teacher and taught at the private school where most of the wedding party went to school. He wants to get together with Felicity and she would like to find out more about him. Kevin warns her that this doesn’t seem like a great idea because it would upset Felicity’s mother, but Felicity goes ahead and talks to him.

Will Felicity be able to find the real killer and save Kevin from Detective Sun? What happened to Felicity’s parent’s relationship? Will Felicity be able to reunite her parents? Will what she learns from her father make her life better? Will Felicity ever get a boyfriend? So many questions to be answered.

I enjoyed the book. I occasionally wished the pace was a bit quicker but those thoughts were minor. Felicity matures in this book, and it adds to the story. I recommend that you read Star-Crossed Egg Tarts.

Thank you for reading.