Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: STAR-CROSSED EGG TARTS by Jennifer J Chow

I’m delighted to share a review of Star-Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer J. Chow. This is book two in the Magical Fortune Cookie Mystery series and is available for your reading pleasure!

The giveaway is for a $10 Amazon Gift Card. This is a giveaway hosted by Partners in Crime Virtual Book Tours for Jennifer J Chow. Entry terms and conditions apply. Void where prohibited. ENTER HERE!

January 27 – February 21, 2025 Virtual Book Tour

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About the Book:

Jin Bakery has been asked to cater the Lum-Wu outdoor wedding at Pixie Park. The day of the ceremony, Felicity is finishing the “cake” of tiered egg tarts as the wedding party arrives for the ceremony. When one of the groomsmen, Miles Wu, doesn’t arrive, Felicity’s best friend and local florist Kelvin generously steps in for him and the wedding goes smoothly―until cake cutting time.

That’s when Felicity finds Miles’ dead body beneath the table with her egg tarts display, stabbed by Kelvin’s gardening shears. With the detective’s sights on Kelvin, Felicity starts sleuthing away to prove his innocence, revealing dark secrets about all the wedding’s attendants. They each had something to hide―and a reason to quiet Miles forever. To make matters worse, Felicity’s powers of prediction are on the fritz thanks to the emotional turmoil of a surprise visit from her estranged father.

When the groom gets poisoned at the send-off party and winds up in a coma, the stakes are even higher, not to mention Felicity’s feelings for Kelvin are beginning to feel more than friendly. Will Felicity’s magic return in time to catch the true culprit and rescue her budding relationship with Kelvin?

Book Details:

Genre: Cozy Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Asian American fiction
Published by: Minotaur
Publication Date: January 21, 2025
Number of Pages: 352
ISBN: 9781250351623 (ISBN10: 1250351626)
Series: The Magical Fortune Cookie series, #2
Book Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookShop.org | Goodreads | Minotaur

My Review:

Another fun entry into such an enjoyable series, and not to jump ahead and certainly no spoilers here, but squeee! I loved the ending!

There is a lot going on in this mystery! We’ve got murder, attempted murder and some big revelations for Felicity personally. Nothing slows Felicity down, though, and I absolutely love her determination and bravery. Her friendship with Kelvin adds so much heart to the story, and I love watching them work together as sleuths.

The sparks of magic sprinkled throughout are delightful, and I love that Felicity’s magic shows itself through baking and her fortune cookies. The recipes included in the back sound delicious.

I thought I had the culprit pegged, but I was wrong, and I enjoyed the twists and turns the story took to get us to the resolution.

The writing is vivid so the baked goods as well as the small town (within a big city) came to life on the page and I felt truly immersed into the story and place.

I do hope for more in this series!