I'm not sure how I feel about this book. From the start Hunter is an asshole to his mom and it's obvious he had something to do with the attack on Chloe. But this relies heavily on the idea of fruit from the poisoned tree. She talks about what a wonderful mother she was but because his father was a monster Hunter was. And I kind of hate that idea.
I enjoy cozy mysteries, but when I don't it's usually because the main character is a pushover who lets everyone walk all over her. Unfortunately, Molly was that type of character. In addition, they worked at the most ludicrous college with the most insane people! And at least two thirds of the book was just Molly doing her day to day stuff. When she finally tried to solve the murder she did it in about a day. Not a great time was had by me.
I spent the better part of the book wondering why Maggie agreed to work in a bookshop when she hates books, but also why her friend thought this was a good idea. And while Maggie has some great ideas, she does EVERYTHING behind the back of the person she should be discussing things with. Maggie is a snob who has no reason to be snobbish and somewhat clueless in that she never thought about event planning as a career. “I like throwing parties and organizing events, but I couldn't possibly think of a job that would fit me!” insert eye roll here.