Author: Bailey Cates
Published: January 4th 2022 by Berkley
Format: Kindle, 284 pages
Genre: Paranormal Amateur Sleuth
Series: Magical Bakery Mystery #10
First Sentence: Using the tips of my fingers, I gently stripped, the thyme pungent leave of thyme from their woody stems.
Blurb: Baker Katie Lightfoot needs a sprinkle of magic to solve a haunting mystery in the newest book in this New York Times bestselling series.
Hedgewitch Katie Lightfoot works at the Honeybee Bakery in Savannah, and she's always up for investigating her adopted home's rich supernatural history. That's why she's taking a ghost tour for the very first time. But when the psychic tour guide tells Katie that she's being followed by the ghost of a recently murdered woman, Katie realizes she met the victim earlier that day, just before she died. She knows she must bring the killer to justice.
And this murder isn't the only mystery Katie needs to solve. Her new husband, Declan McCarthy, is missing the guardian spirit who always watched over him, and she's concerned that Deck's life could be at risk if they can't find him. Under pressure from the living and the dead, Katie will have to use all of her magical skills to start an investigation from scratch and avoid half-baked alibis, because this baker kneads to find a killer.
My Opinion: After feeling that the last couple of books in this series were on the mediocre side, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Spirits and Sourdough.
Maybe it was because Katie did not come across as whiney, or once Declan was on board with her being a witch, that part of the series could calm down and the murder du jour could take centerstage. Or maybe, the bright point in the book was Connell. Then again, it could have been the neighbor next door, who I am convinced is also a witch --but of a different variety.
I don’t see a book eleven on the forecast, but I will keep my eye out.
Blurb: Baker Katie Lightfoot needs a sprinkle of magic to solve a haunting mystery in the newest book in this New York Times bestselling series.
Hedgewitch Katie Lightfoot works at the Honeybee Bakery in Savannah, and she's always up for investigating her adopted home's rich supernatural history. That's why she's taking a ghost tour for the very first time. But when the psychic tour guide tells Katie that she's being followed by the ghost of a recently murdered woman, Katie realizes she met the victim earlier that day, just before she died. She knows she must bring the killer to justice.
And this murder isn't the only mystery Katie needs to solve. Her new husband, Declan McCarthy, is missing the guardian spirit who always watched over him, and she's concerned that Deck's life could be at risk if they can't find him. Under pressure from the living and the dead, Katie will have to use all of her magical skills to start an investigation from scratch and avoid half-baked alibis, because this baker kneads to find a killer.
My Opinion: After feeling that the last couple of books in this series were on the mediocre side, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Spirits and Sourdough.
Maybe it was because Katie did not come across as whiney, or once Declan was on board with her being a witch, that part of the series could calm down and the murder du jour could take centerstage. Or maybe, the bright point in the book was Connell. Then again, it could have been the neighbor next door, who I am convinced is also a witch --but of a different variety.
I don’t see a book eleven on the forecast, but I will keep my eye out.
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