ARSENIC AND ADOBO BY MIA P. MANANSALA

A loved this cultural culinary cozy! I'm already excited to start he next one based on this book. What great characters!

Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: May 4, 2021
Genre: Cozy Mystery. 
Series: None. 
Pages: 330 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: ​BOTM Box

The first book in a new culinary cozy series!

When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case.

With the cops treating her like she's the one and only suspect, and the shady landlord looking to finally kick the Macapagal family out and resell the storefront, Lila's left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation. Armed with the nosy auntie network, her barista best bud, and her trusted Dachshund, Longanisa, Lila takes on this tasty, twisted case and soon finds her own neck on the chopping block…

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​I got this book as part of my BOTM box subscription for April 2021 and haven’t read it until now. I don’t really know why I waited so long, and I could honestly kick myself because I really enjoyed this one! I love reading multicultural cozy mysteries and learning not only about different cultures but about their food as well. This one made my mouth water! And the mystery itself was just as good as all the food descriptions which makes the book even better!

If you’re a cozy mystery reader and enjoy culinary cozies with amazing sleuths, then this is a must read for you! I’m going to keep this review fairly short just because it is older and there is already another book in the series out (which I’ll be grabbing right after writing this review!).

𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙:
• Multicultural Cozies
• Amateur Sleuths

𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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