Book 6, "Something Borrowed Something 90% Dark," of Amber Royers "Bean to Bar Mystery" series could possibly be the last book in the series. Things have wrapped up with pretty much everyone having a happy ending and the dreaded love triangle resolved. I'm happy with who Felicity picked, makes the most sense to me. However, the end wrapped up as a maybe there will be more, maybe there won't.

As far as the mystery went, there was so much going on that it was almost impossible to really nail down one particular person until all the little side mysteries cleared up. Once the little side ones cleared, I started getting a clear idea of who the murder was.

If it wasn't for the love triangle bait and switch taking up big chunks of the first part of the story, the mystery and wedding shenanigans would have qualified for five stars from me. Honestly, I found the need to try to drag out she was going to pick the annoying and completely wrong guy for most of the book just that, annoying. It didn't really benefit the story.

Thank you for dropping the "I'm cured of asthma" line out of the book though. Glad it's been realized she's just doing better with it.

Chocolatier, sleuth, maid of honor . . . this is a busy lady.

I haven’t previously read any of this author’s books but I can see why this series has a number of titles – the author spends time building the community and the relationships therein, giving bits and pieces of each character’s personality sprinkled throughout the story. However, there were a lot of characters in this story - I’m a huge reader and am not accustomed to having to backtrack and figure out “who is this again?”, which I had to do several times despite the fact that I read this in the course of a single day.

The various plots were neatly interwoven - the friend’s wedding, and the protagonist’s romantic dilemma, thefts, disappearances, murders, business events . . . . There’s a lot going on here.

There were some really great moments of character revelation, as when we learn the selected love interest always has an inhaler with him, for the protagonist. That was a a beautifully done grace note.

My thanks to the publisher for a free preview copy in exchange for my honest review.

#SomethingBorrowedSomething90Dark #NetGalley. Is the first book I've read by this author, and I found it to be quite good.
Felicity owns a chocolate bean to bar shop, and her creations sound delicious.
She has a lot on her plate (pun intended) as her best friend is getting married, and Felicity finds herself having to make a decision about her own love life.
As the story unraveled, we find a lot weird events happening, and Felicity finds herself wrapped up in another murder investigation.
I really liked this book, Princess Buttercup, the goat, made me laugh throughout the story.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of the book.

Cute premise - who doesn’t love a small town chocolate shop and a goat?? - but rather a predictable and formulaic cosy mystery (light on the mystery part).