{"id":3844,"date":"2019-01-16T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=3844"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:33:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:33:07","slug":"review-a-slice-of-magic-a-g-mayes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/01\/16\/review-a-slice-of-magic-a-g-mayes\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: A Slice of Magic &#8211; A.G. Mayes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43316763.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: A Slice of Magic &#8211; A.G. Mayes\" title=\"Review: A Slice of Magic &#8211; A.G. Mayes\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>A Slice of Magic<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/a-g-mayes\/\">A.G. Mayes<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/series\/the-magic-pie-shop\/\">The Magic Pie Shop #1<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/harperimpulse\/\">HarperImpulse<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> January 25, 2019 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/mystery\/\">Mystery<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 234 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Susanna Daniels has spent over twenty years wondering why her beloved Aunt Erma disappeared from her life. When Aunt Erma leaves a voicemail asking for help at her pie shop, Susanna thinks she\u2019s finally going to get the answers she\u2019s been waiting for. <\/p>\n<p>But when Susanna arrives in the small town of Hocus Hills, Aunt Erma is gone, leaving only a short note and her mischievous dog, Mitzy. Running a pie shop is harder than Susanna could have ever imagined. To top it off she has an inspector and an overzealous gym owner breathing down her neck. Then a cookie shop opens up down the street bringing competition she can\u2019t afford.<\/p>\n<p>As if that isn\u2019t enough, strange things start happening around town. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Slice-Magic-charming-magical-romance-ebook\/dp\/B07H2RGD3N\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/a-slice-of-magic\/id1436689171?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/apple.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Apple\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-slice-of-magic-a-g-mayes\/1127064200?ean=9780008319120&st=AFF&2sid=Goodreads,%20Inc_2227948_NA&sourceId=AFFGoodreads,%20Inc\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/a-slice-of-magic-the-magic-pie-shop-book-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/kobo.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Kobo\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781974669141\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/indiebound.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Indiebound\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/43316763-a-slice-of-magic\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/2stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0001_2-stars.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"2 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/m-f\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/categories_0003_m_f-copy.png?fit=80%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"m\/f\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/mystery\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0008_mystery.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"mystery icon\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-01-16T18:35:59+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nI have a thing for magic baking books, so I really wanted to like this book. \\u00a0I think it was going for some sort of cozy mystery with a dash of magical realism, but it never quite hit the ma\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Llama Reads Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\\\/blog\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/16\\\/review-a-slice-of-magic-a-g-mayes\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"A Slice of Magic\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"A.G. 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I liked the Morning Pie Crew, though I thought they still lacked depth &#8211; but Gina, the owner of a local gym who gets ridiculously frustrated that Susanna won&#8217;t offer a low-calorie pie (what even?), was about as flimsy as the toilet paper Susanna TPs her rival&#8217;s cookie shop with (yes, honestly, that&#8217;s her form of revenge). \u00a0The big reveal comes not from one of her new friends, but from a letter (seriously!) she finds when she finally starts snooping around her aunt&#8217;s apartment after she&#8217;s been missing&#8230; for a few weeks. \u00a0And then, the plot just quickly wraps itself up, and bam, end of the book.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018Have you heard anything from your aunt?\u2019 Flora asked.<br \/>\n\u2018No. I\u2019m starting to get more than a little worried.\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018I wouldn\u2019t worry,\u2019 she said. \u2018Sometimes a woman just has some things to take care of.\u2019 Her voice was perfectly calm, but her brow furrowed in the middle a little when she talked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My other main issue with the book was that Susanna acts in utterly inexplicable ways. \u00a0Her aunt is missing, none of her good friends know where she&#8217;s gone &#8211; or even seem worried about it &#8211; and yet no one bothers to contact the police (magical or otherwise). \u00a0It does turn out that there are people in town investigating something related, but rather than be worried that the nice missing baker might be a victim, they assume she&#8217;s the main suspect, and that Susanna must be her accomplice. \u00a0Susanna, for her part, is completely oblivious to the weirdness going on around her, chalking it up to small town weirdness. \u00a0Instead of worrying about her missing aunt, she instead has time to go pull teen vandal pranks on the businesses of two people who were mean to her, which was a particularly bizarre plot point for me. \u00a0I just didn&#8217;t understand where Susanna was coming from, and it made it hard to enjoy the book.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I can&#8217;t really recommend this book. \u00a0It&#8217;s certainly cozy, but with a so-so mystery and lackluster characters, it wasn&#8217;t a good fit for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a thing for magic baking books, so I really wanted to like this book. \u00a0I think it was going for some sort of cozy mystery with a dash of magical realism, but it never quite hit the mark. 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