Linda Reilly

Up to No Gouda

Amanda

I really enjoyed the idea of this story more than the story itself. I was hungry constantly because the descriptions of the sandwiches were so good. The characters were all fun.
The solution to the mystery came kind of out of left field. I had the why of it figured out but not the who and I don't think there was enough lead up there.
Also there are a lot of side characters, and they are all great, but I think some of them deserved more time and attention. The love interest plot was kind of nonsensical given how little time we ever saw the guy.
Finally, I think the author needs to be more upfront about her past and the fact that this novel is reworked from an earlier story. I googled it to show the cover to a friend and found the older work with the same title, very similar cover, and a different author's name and was very concerned that this work might have been plagiarized. Link your Goodreads pages and put a note in the front of the book explaining that its been rewritten.

Up to No Gouda

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