Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are finally living out their dream as the proud owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. But their first big clie...
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Jun 08, 2010
Kate
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I picked up this book because I liked the theme (yummy cupcakes!), the cover (so fun looking!) and the idea that the book revolves around the death of a bridezilla to be. Sadly, reading the book wasn't as fun as looking at its cover.
The book definitely has its moments, and there is some good writing in here. But, with that being said, I could have filled most pages with red ink correcting editing mistakes (ex: "homeing in" instead of "HONING in") and ridiculiously More...
The book definitely has its moments, and there is some good writing in here. But, with that being said, I could have filled most pages with red ink correcting editing mistakes (ex: "homeing in" instead of "HONING in") and ridiculiously More...
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Jan 14, 2012
Kathryn CA
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This was like many cozy mystery novels... interesting mystery that you figure out almost immediately, but the journey sure is interesting. I really like to read cozy mysteries, especially in winter... it is just so gosh darn cozy. hehehe. Okay, that was way lame.
In this series, we are introduced to Melanie Cooper, a marketing guru turned cupcake maker. After five years in the fast lane of competitive marketing More...
This was like many cozy mystery novels... interesting mystery that you figure out almost immediately, but the journey sure is interesting. I really like to read cozy mysteries, especially in winter... it is just so gosh darn cozy. hehehe. Okay, that was way lame.
In this series, we are introduced to Melanie Cooper, a marketing guru turned cupcake maker. After five years in the fast lane of competitive marketing More...
Aug 08, 2011
Drebbles
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Melanie Cooper, with the help of friends Angie DeLaura and Tate Harper, is finally living out her dream as owner of Fairy Tale Cupcakes. Business is doing well and she is thrilled to be asked to make 500 cupcakes for Tate’s wedding even though she isn’t fond of his fiancée Christie. When Christie turns up dead with one of Mel’s cupcakes nearby, the police seem to think that either Mel or Tate killed her. It is up to Mel to find the real killer before the police send the wrong person to jail.
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Sep 01, 2010
Myhotstylist
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Awesome start to a delishous new series!!!!
Meet Mel and Angie, owners of Fairytale Cupcakes Bakery in Scottsdale Arizona. When their longtime best friend and co-owner, Tate decides to marry the worlds worst bridezilla, their booming buisness takes a massive plunge when the bride-to-be is found dead in her fasion studio, the only evidence being one of Mels origional recipe cupcakes found in her hand.
The police have built an incredibly strong case against Mel, and if thing More...
Meet Mel and Angie, owners of Fairytale Cupcakes Bakery in Scottsdale Arizona. When their longtime best friend and co-owner, Tate decides to marry the worlds worst bridezilla, their booming buisness takes a massive plunge when the bride-to-be is found dead in her fasion studio, the only evidence being one of Mels origional recipe cupcakes found in her hand.
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Mar 10, 2010
Alison
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The limited cast of characters and one bang you over the head clue made the murderer's identity ridiculously obvious but the characters saved the day. The poorly hidden clue, because there was only one, is something this author needs to work on as the same problem appeared in the first book of her other series, Stuck on Murder by Lucy Lawrence, albeit in the Lawrence book the clue happened before the murder. The plot was a light, fast and enjoyable read but there was one aspect that was just s
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Nov 02, 2011
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I read SPRINKLE WITH MURDER as part of a readalong with the Cozy Mysteries group on Goodreads. I hadn't heard of this series or author before, but I'm always keen to read more cozy mysteries so I thought I'd give it a go.
SPRINKLE WITH MURDER centers around the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, run by best friends Melanie and Angie. The third muskateer (so to speak), is their best friend, Tate, who is also the financial backer of their business. Tate's fiancee is found dead and all fingers More...
SPRINKLE WITH MURDER centers around the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, run by best friends Melanie and Angie. The third muskateer (so to speak), is their best friend, Tate, who is also the financial backer of their business. Tate's fiancee is found dead and all fingers More...
Aug 30, 2010
Sabrina
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A lighthearted story that made me happy and smile a lot.
Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura couldn't be happier with their professional life. After years of dreaming about their own cupcake bakery they were finally able to open it with the help of their close friend Tate.
In their private life things are not so easy. Tate's fiancee Christie is a real bridezilla and designing the cupcakes for their wedding is a lot of trouble. When Christie is murdered things get even more complica More...
Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura couldn't be happier with their professional life. After years of dreaming about their own cupcake bakery they were finally able to open it with the help of their close friend Tate.
In their private life things are not so easy. Tate's fiancee Christie is a real bridezilla and designing the cupcakes for their wedding is a lot of trouble. When Christie is murdered things get even more complica More...
May 25, 2010
Sharon
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Cupcake bakery mystery #1 is a fun read. The cupcake bakery, located in Scottsdale, Arizona's Old Town district, provides a fun location, especially for those of us who live or have lived in the Greater Phoenix area. The geography is right, and what could be more fun than murder and cupcake recipes.
Three best friends (from junior high twenty years ago) have opened a cupcake bakery. Cupcakes and cupcake baking lessons are their stock in trade. Mel and Angie are partners in the busines More...
Three best friends (from junior high twenty years ago) have opened a cupcake bakery. Cupcakes and cupcake baking lessons are their stock in trade. Mel and Angie are partners in the busines More...
Jul 15, 2010
Vickie
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Ooooooo....the recipes in the back of the book...Mojito, Death by Chocolate, Tinkerbells, and, my favorite, Blonde Bombshell....if only for the recipes, get the book! What's even better is that it's a fab-ly written mystery with splendiferous characters. I love feisty Mel and even feistier Angie. The surrounding characters are nifty, too, especially the cupcake girls' best friend Tate, fiance (sorry, can't figure out the accent thingee for fiance) of the bridezilla fashion designer biotch Christ
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Jun 28, 2010
Beverly
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Sprinkle With Murder is a delicious addition to the food themed cozy mystery genre. Melanie Cooper, along with her two best friends, Angie DeLaura and Tate Harper has just opened up Fairy Tale Cupcakes. All is sweet until Tate’s egomaniac fiancée, fashion designer Christie Stevens; demands Melanie create five unique cupcake flavors for the wedding. Did I mention that she also demands the sole rights to Melanie’s creation? Of course, it’s no surprise when Christie ends up dead with one of Me
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Sep 15, 2011
Michelle
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This is the first book in the Cupcake cozy mystery series. We meet two friends who have set up a cupcake bakery, Mel and Angie, which is financed by their third friend, Tate. While starting out, they agree to do the cupcakes for Tate's wedding to Christie, a fashion designer bridezilla. When Christie insists on having unique cupcakes for her wedding and have them exclusively hers, Melanie works hard to make them and hands them over to two of Christie's employees for delivery. When Christie ends
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Jun 14, 2011
Danielle
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I waffled between giving this book two or three stars, and I finally settled on three, for story alone. Or maybe we should fudge and say 2.5.
The story is cute and clever. Mel and Angie have just opened a cupcake bakery, Fairy Tale Cupcakes. Their business partner is their longtime best friend, Tate. The three of them are inseparable, having the kind of friendship only lifelong friends can have. They quote old movie lines at each other and get together regularly for classic movie nigh More...
The story is cute and clever. Mel and Angie have just opened a cupcake bakery, Fairy Tale Cupcakes. Their business partner is their longtime best friend, Tate. The three of them are inseparable, having the kind of friendship only lifelong friends can have. They quote old movie lines at each other and get together regularly for classic movie nigh More...
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Apr 08, 2010
CJ - You Carry On As If I Don't Love You
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A cute light cozy mystery featuring Mel Cooper, a small business owner of Fairy Tale Cupcakes. Along with her childhood best friends Tate and Angie (Tate is a partner, Angie is a co-manager), Mel is happy with their movie nights and steady stream of customers.
Until Tate decides to ask Mel to make the cupcakes for his wedding with snobby bitchy Christie Stevens, a designer with a cold-hearted manipulative streak. Then, because she doesn't want to hurt her friend she decides to sign a More...
Until Tate decides to ask Mel to make the cupcakes for his wedding with snobby bitchy Christie Stevens, a designer with a cold-hearted manipulative streak. Then, because she doesn't want to hurt her friend she decides to sign a More...
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Oct 17, 2010
Suzanne
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Jenn McKinlay has whipped up a great new series in "Sprinkled with Murder," and after reading this book, I can't wait for the next installment. One would think that with all the buzz around cupcakes these days, it would be hard to put a fresh spin on this genre, but McKinlay certainly knows baking, and her geography, which makes for an interesting read.
The setting for this cozy mystery is Old Town Scottsdale. McKinlay's description of the surrounding area is spot-on, so mu More...
The setting for this cozy mystery is Old Town Scottsdale. McKinlay's description of the surrounding area is spot-on, so mu More...
Feb 10, 2011
Kimberly
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In this debut novel to her Cupcake Bakery Mystery series, author Jenn McKinlay presents a wonderfully quirky cast of characters with a charming and sweet, yet page-turning and not too predictable plot. Occurring in the quaint small town of Scottsdale, Arizona Sprinkle with Murder is everything that a cozy mystery should be and a quite enjoyable one at that. I found myself turning each page with anticipation and hoping to be able to figure out for myself who the murderer was among this diverse
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Apr 20, 2011
Lindsay
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I think why I liked this book is because it was short and quick and none of the characters (except for the chick who dies and the mom) annoyed me. I still don't understand how these people can work in a cupcake shop and not weight a billion pounds since they eat cupcakes for like every meal. And crazy as it is, it didn't make me want cupcakes.
Friends Melanie and Angie (who I kept getting mixed up) own a cupcake shop and are friends with Tate who is getting married to a snooty rude woman wh More...
Friends Melanie and Angie (who I kept getting mixed up) own a cupcake shop and are friends with Tate who is getting married to a snooty rude woman wh More...
Apr 26, 2010
Julia
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I know, like I need to involve myself in another cozy mystery series that involves yummy sounding recipes! I really enjoyed Sprinkle With Murder, the first in the cupcake bakery series. McKinlay has written a wonderful freshman tale. There were great characters, a fast paced story, and just enough twists to keep me guessing. I was drawn to the vivid descriptions of the Fairy Tale Bakery, with it's 50's pink and grey decor and location near the tourist area of Scottsdale. Owners Melanie and Angie
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Aug 20, 2011
Tracey
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Finally! An author who can write a culinary mystery without dumbing down her characters, without throwing in trite and forced dialogue, who can convey individual characters who don't do dumb things, and can construct a plot that has a real twist!
I'll be reviewing this for my book review blog, The Written Universe ASAP!
I've already bought the next book in the series, Buttercream Bump Off.
I'm looking forward to reading it soon!
Here's the full review posted to my bo More...
I'll be reviewing this for my book review blog, The Written Universe ASAP!
I've already bought the next book in the series, Buttercream Bump Off.
I'm looking forward to reading it soon!
Here's the full review posted to my bo More...
Dec 16, 2011
Jenn
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Culinary Cozies thinks SPRINKLE WITH MURDER is a “Yummy Read.” This first book in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series, by Jenn McKinlay, is a sugarcoated treat.
This cozy mystery centers around three lifelong best friends that own Fairy Tale Cupcakes. Melanie and Angie are the working partners while Tate is their financial backer. Life was “sweet” … until Tate’s not-so-nice fiancé is murdered with a cupcake rolling out of her hand. Thus beginning a police investigation that promises to More...
This cozy mystery centers around three lifelong best friends that own Fairy Tale Cupcakes. Melanie and Angie are the working partners while Tate is their financial backer. Life was “sweet” … until Tate’s not-so-nice fiancé is murdered with a cupcake rolling out of her hand. Thus beginning a police investigation that promises to More...
Mar 13, 2010
Jess
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This is the first book in this mystery series, although the author does have two or three other books under a different name out. Well my first impression of this one, it was really short!! I mean, I read it within a few hours short. Also, in the beginning I don't know if I was really tired, but I had a hard time keeping track of the different characters, and it took me a little while to figure out who was narrating. It was strange.
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Other than that, I liked the mystery, it was a litt More...
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May 09, 2011
BJ
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"Sprinkle with Murder" is the first in Jenn McKinlay's new Cupcake Baker mystery series. Melanie and Angie, financially back by another lifelong friend, Tate, own the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. Tate is getting married and his fiancee (Bridezilla) has ordered 500 cupcakes for their wedding. When arriving for a morning meeting, Melanie finds the fiancee dead and Melanie and Tate are the top suspects in her murder. So Melanie sets out to figure out who really did it and the list is l
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Feb 14, 2011
Jeannie
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Sprinkle With Murder by Jenn McKinlay is my kind of reading. It has an interesting cast, a fascinating murder, and excellent location, and a satisfying ending. Not to mention the bonus, yummy recipes for cupcakes which are a favorite dessert for us.
Old Town Scottsdale, AZ is a great place to put a boutique cupcake store. When I worked in the area we had a boutique popcorn store...fond of the Pina colada myself. Also, we had such characters there.
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Old Town Scottsdale, AZ is a great place to put a boutique cupcake store. When I worked in the area we had a boutique popcorn store...fond of the Pina colada myself. Also, we had such characters there.
The co-owners/sleuths Mel and More...
Sep 01, 2011
RC
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really enjoyed this book. It came at the right time because I feel like I haven't been making a lot of progress reading. This book I picked up and was done in one day. While it was night terribly well written, it was enjoyable. I liked all the characters, even "the bad guys". Mel and Ang both have left other careers to open a cupcake bakery. They are financed by their childhood friend Tate... who happens to me engaged to a fashionista named Christie. Christie is a total bridezilla and
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Nov 08, 2011
Julie
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This book popped up in a to-read list for one of my groups. First off, I love books that give me new recipes to try! The baker in me filled with joy when I saw this cover! Not only that but the reviews were good, people LIKED it! I then realized that this book is now on the top of my to-be-read list.
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Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are the new owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery in Scottsdale Arizona. Business is picking up and they are finally in their dream caree More...
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Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are the new owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery in Scottsdale Arizona. Business is picking up and they are finally in their dream caree More...
May 16, 2011
Betsy
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Sprinkle with Murder is my first cozy mystery. The book is filled with quirky characters, movie quotes, cupcakes, and murder. What else could a girl ask for? Jenn McKinlay introduces us to Melanie and Angie who are childhood friends who have opened a cupcake shop together. Their financial partner is Tate who is also a longtime friend. These three friends have movie nights and quote movie lines all throughout the book. Tate is engaged to Christie who Melanie has found dead. Who would murde
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Nov 10, 2011
Michelle
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The Cozy Mystery group was reading Sprinkle with Murder this month, so i went to the library and picked up the book and the second in the series also.
Sprinkle with Murder tells the story of three friends since grade school, Angie, Mel and Tate. The three open a cupcake bakery and the story begins. There is the rival bakery owner, who drives by the store at least eight times a day, then there is Tate's finance, who is just downright mean, and no one understands what Tate see's in her. More...
Sprinkle with Murder tells the story of three friends since grade school, Angie, Mel and Tate. The three open a cupcake bakery and the story begins. There is the rival bakery owner, who drives by the store at least eight times a day, then there is Tate's finance, who is just downright mean, and no one understands what Tate see's in her. More...
Jul 05, 2010
Susan
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Melanie runs a cupcake bakery with the help of her best friend Angie and their other best friend, silent partner Tate. But when Tate's fiancee Christie is murdered, even Mel's mother thinks that she did it--rumors have had her in love with Tate since childhood. There's no way Mel can convince anyone except Angie that she really has a huge crush on one of Angie's seven brothers--Joe, the assistant district attorney. Mel will just have to look into dress designer Christie's other enemies--and h
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Aug 24, 2011
Judy
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I do like cozies that center around knitting, crochet, sewing, and baking. The Cupcake Bakery Murder series is a new series and author to me.
Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura, along with their best friend Tate's financial help, have just opened a cupcake bakery in old town Tucson. Business is booming until someone is found dead holding on the cupcakes. Unfortunately, the deceased, Christie, is Tate's fiancé. When the police believe the death is the result of a love triangle, Mel decides More...
Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura, along with their best friend Tate's financial help, have just opened a cupcake bakery in old town Tucson. Business is booming until someone is found dead holding on the cupcakes. Unfortunately, the deceased, Christie, is Tate's fiancé. When the police believe the death is the result of a love triangle, Mel decides More...
Mar 29, 2011
Kat
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I added this book to my to-read list over a year ago (mainly due to the cute cupcake cover) and just got around to reading it. I'm starting to enjoy this whole chick-lit mystery genre — especially when there's yummy food involved. This book reminds me of the Hannah Swensen mysteries, another series about a bakery owner who gets caught up in a murder mystery she feels inclined to solve.
Melanie Cooper and Angela DeLaura, along with their longtime best friend Tate Harper, recently opene More...
Melanie Cooper and Angela DeLaura, along with their longtime best friend Tate Harper, recently opene More...
May 04, 2010
Amy
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A perfect little culinary mystery that fits perfectly in with all the other culinary authors out there - though I have no idea how someone could make a living owning a bakery that only bakes cupcakes, but I'm willing to suspend my disbelief that far!
The one sour note came in a late-in-the-book discussion between the two gal pal protagonistas about a particular sexual event that occurred in the youth of one of them. It wasn't really necessary and it struck a slightly harsh note to m More...
The one sour note came in a late-in-the-book discussion between the two gal pal protagonistas about a particular sexual event that occurred in the youth of one of them. It wasn't really necessary and it struck a slightly harsh note to m More...
