The story moves along at a wonderful pace, allowing the characters to process the death of someone, but then cutting to the chase so they can solve this hilarious and mysterious whodunnit. The descriptions of Filipino food and cooking in this book are obviously unmatched, and you will get hungry every time you read this book series. She will do anything to protect the ones she loves and if that means snooping in the suspect’s house or tailing someone, so be it. Lila has such a big heart and has so much love for her family and food and that is one huge admirable aspect about her. Mia really shows that characters aren’t perfect, but if they are willing to learn from their mistakes, they’re darn near perfect in my mind. She acknowledges and takes advice from family members or friends on how she can improve, in a healthy way. What I love about Lila is how she is so eager to solve the murder, as any mystery-lover would be, and yet, she is able to notice her flaws or mistakes, but is not afraid to keep solving the murder. While this is the third book in the series, these books are written so they can be read as stand-alones or out of order as well. It had been so long since I had read a Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery, so of course I was overjoyed to be reading Mia’s amazing writing again. I have so much love for Mia’s writing and the world she has built with Lila and all of Shady Palms.
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