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Fave Five: Books About Pie (and Other Desserts)
Happy Pi Day! The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta (Speculative Agender/Transmasc YA Romance) Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp (Bi Cozy Mystery) In the Case of Heartbreak by Courtney Kae (M/M Romance) The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (Contemporary F/F YA Romance) Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (Bi M/F Romance)
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Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies | Book Review
Author: Misha Popp
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Magical Realism
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Release Date: 10/05/2022
Rating: 4/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Synopsis:
Daisy Ellery’s pies have a secret The magical ability to avenge women done wrong by men. But Daisy finds herself on the receiving end in Misha Popp’s cozy series debut, a sweet-as-buttercream treat for fans of Ellery Adams and Mary Maxwell.The first time Daisy Ellery killed a man with a pie, it was an accident. Now, it’s her calling. Daisy bakes sweet vengeance into her pastries, which she and her dog Zoe deliver to the men who’ve done dirty deeds to the town’s women. But if she can’t solve the one crime that’s not of her own baking, she’ll be out of the pie pan and into the oven. Parking her Pies Before Guys mobile bakery van outside the local diner, Daisy is informed by Frank, the crusty diner owner, that someone’s been prowling around the van—and not just to inhale the delectable aroma. Already on thin icing with Frank, she finds a letter on her door, threatening to reveal her unsavory secret sideline of pie a la murder. Blackmail? But who whipped up this half-baked plot to cut a slice out of Daisy’s business? Purple-haired campus do-gooder Melly? Noel, the tender—if flaky—farm boy? Or one of the abusive men who prefer their pie without a deadly scoop of payback? The upcoming statewide pie contest could be Daisy’s big chance to help wronged women everywhere…if she doesn’t meet a sticky end first. Because Daisy knows the blackmailer won’t stop until her business is in crumbles.
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tw//: murder (duh!)
so in summary, this novel is about Daisy Ellery, a witch, and how her magic manifests itself in her baking. Daisy uses her gift to help women in need stuck in abusive relationships through her “murder pies” venture. however, it seems someone found out about her secret and is threatening to expose her unless she murders three innocent women for them.
this is my first cozy mystery and it won’t be the last!!! i enjoyed every second of reading this!! it was sweet and thrilling and didn’t trigger my anxiety!! AND! i got a couple of pie recipes out of it in the end!! bless!
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Bisexual books out in May 🩷💜💙
Books listed:
A Swift and Sudden Exit by Nico Vincenty
It Ain't Over Til the Bisexual Speaks by Lois Shearing, Vaneet Mehta, etc
The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee
The Z Word by Lindsay King-Miller
Bisexuality: The Basics by Lewis Oakley
Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black (Hardcover edition)
Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1) by Hana Lee
Blood Remains by Cathy Pegau
The Only Light Left Burning by Erik J. Brown Garner for Gold (Lustrous Divinity, #2) by Catherine Labadie
The Last to Pie (Pies Before Guys Mystery #3) by Misha Popp
The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe
Smoke and Steel (Scions and Shadows) by Dax Murray
Fake Dating a Witch (Bewitching Billionaires #1) by Brigid Hunt
A Girl Can Dream by Emily Barr
The Ride of Her Life by Jennifer Dugan
A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins
Meet Me in Berlin by Samantha L. Valentine
The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin
We Were the Universe by Kimberly King Parsons
Evocation by S.T. Gibson
Adrift by Sam Ledel
Don't Be a Drag by Skye Quinlan
This is not an exhaustive list so please do let me know of the books I missed 💖
#My posts#books of the month#bisexual#bisexual representation#bisexual pride#bi books#bisexual books#sapphic books#achillean books#booklr#book blog#queer books#lgbt books#lgbtq books#bisexual romance#bookblr#book tumblr#Bi rep#black books#black rep#bipoc books#queer bipoc books#bi4bi books#polyamorous books
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💖 Sapphic Books Coming Out May 2024
🩷 There's something especially sweet about a sapphic romance. Here are only a few of the amazing sapphic books hitting shelves in May 2024. Which ones are you adding to your ever-growing TBR?
Contemporary 💖 Here For the Wrong Reasons - Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang 💖 Perfume & Pain - Anna Dorn 💖 Cheryl - Jillian Fleck 💖 A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins 💖 Lavash At First Sight - Taleen Voskuni 💖 The Game of Giants - Marion Douglas 💖 We Were the Universe - Kimberly King Parsons 💖 Oye - Melissa Mogollon 💖 The Summer Love Strategy - Ray Stoeve 💖 Noah Frye Gets Crushed - Maggie Horne 💖 Halfway to Harbor - Nicole Melleby 💖 Sunhead - Alex Assan
💖 The 7-10 Split - Karmen Lee 💖 Trust & Safety - Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman 💖 Second Night Stand - Karelia Stetz-Waters & Fay Stetz-Waters 💖 How It Works Out - Myriam Lacroix 💖 April May June July - Alison B. Hart 💖 The Ride of Her Life - Jennifer Dugan 💖 One Night With the CEO - Emily Hayes 💖 Dulhaniyaa - Talia Bhatt 💖 A Girl Can Dream - Emily Barr 💖 I Want You More - Swan Huntley 💖 Exhibit - R. O. Kwon 💖 Only a Bridesmaid - Haley Donnell
💖 Thirsty - Jas Hammonds 💖 Housemates - Emma Copley Eisenberg 💖 Don’t Be a Drag - Skye Quinlan 💖 True Love and Other Impossible Odds - Christina Li 💖 Murray Out of Water - Taylor Tracy 💖 The Redemption of Daya Keane - Gia Gordon 💖 Blame My Virgo Moon - Freja Nicole Woolf 💖 From Where We Are - Nicole Zelniker 💖 Cabin Fever - Tagan Shepard 💖 Channel Surfing in the Sea of Happiness - Guy Babineau 💖 Meet Me in Berlin - Samantha L. Valentine 💖 Behind You - Catherine Hernandez
Paranormal/Horror 💖 Primal Hunt - L.L. Raand 💖 Blood on the Tide - Katee Robert 💖 We Mostly Come Out at Night - (ed) Rob Costello 💖 Flowers from the Void - Gianni Washington 💖 My Darling Dreadful Thing - Johanna van Veen 💖 When the Devil - Emma E. Murray 💖 Honeybites - I. S. Belle 💖 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Emil Ferris 💖 The Worst Perfect Moment -Shivaun Plozza
Fantasy 💖 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields 💖 The Fireborne Blade - Charlotte Bond 💖 Chained Destinies - D. Jordan Redhawk 💖 Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea - Rebecca Thorne 💖 Grand Slam Romance: Major League Hotties - Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous 💖 Snake Charming - Genevieve McCluer 💖 The Witches of Silverlake - Simon Curtis 💖 Death’s Country - R. M. Romero 💖 Snowblooded - Emma Sterner-Radleygh 💖 Bird Suit - Sydney Hegele 💖 Farzana's Spite - Felix Graves
Historical 💖 The Good Women of Fudi - Liu Hong 💖 Spitting Gold - Carmella Lowkis 💖 Adrift - Sam Ledel 💖 A Heart Divided - Angie Williams 💖 A Liaison with Her Leading Lady - Lotte R. James
Mystery/Thriller 💖 The Deadly Spark - Roxie Key 💖 The Advice Columnist - Cade Haddock Strong 💖 The Lilies - Quinn Diacon-Furtado 💖 Loyalty - E. J. Noyes 💖 Clean Kill - Anne Laughlin 💖 Have You Seen This Girl - Nita Tyndall 💖 The Last to Pie - Misha Popp
Sci-Fi 💖 The Sunforge - Sascha Stronach 💖 Road to Ruin - Hana Lee 💖 Exile in Guyville - Amy Lee Lillard 💖 The Lily of Enarah - Arden Brax 💖 The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller
#sapphic books#sapphic romance#queer books#lesbian romance#lesbian books#bi books#bisexuality#lesbian fiction#lesbian#batty about books#battyaboutbooks#books
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For fuck’s sake, I kill bad men with good pies. Of course I can’t have friends.
Misha Popp, A Good Day to Pie
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My WVUD playlist and stream, 9/30/2024
Louis Sclavis & Benjamin Moussay - L’heure de loup Kolida Babo - Hymn Nino Gvilia - Anders Naima Bock - Gentle Lady Blackbird - When the Game Is Played On You Susanna - Where Has the Love Gone Ray Ragnhild Adams - Allande Godtet - Moon Black Decelerant - nine Chrystabell & David Lynch - The Sky Falls Irene Bianco - Tuesdays are our Saturdays Phi-Psonics - We Walk in the Gardens of Our Ancestors Tomin - Desert Fairy Princess (for Sharps, Sebastian and P.A.P.A.) David Grubb - Ejection Protection Bremer/McCoy - Dream Secret Circuit - Every Day There's Something New To Say Peel Dream Magazine - Dawn Misha Panfilov Septet - Together Søren Skov Orbit - Orbiting Von Spar ⁄ Eiko Ishibashi ⁄ Joe Talia ⁄ Tatsuhisa Yamamoto - VI Allez Kiki Fermentation - Saint-Émilion Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - The High Priestess André Popp - Sweet Mary Norchestra & Gnu Quartet - VII - Seagull Victory and Celebration
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Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp My rating: 3 of 5 stars Magic, Lies and Deadly Pies follows main character Daisy, who makes a living selling pies out of her food truck. She has two notable side jobs also involving pie, namely providing a local diner with pies and killing abusive men with magical pies that are only poisonous to them. The plot follows her nearly being discovered as a murderess and trying to save herself, while also competing in a pie-baking contest. On the whole, I enjoyed the read well enough while I wasn't thinking too hard, the writing is pleasant and easy to follow and Daisy was an interesting character to be in the mind of. However, by the end, I was struggling with two issues. Mild spoilers ahead. The first is that there is just a lot going on in this book. There's Daisy's background, her parents and how she got her magic pie powers, which is uncovered bit by bit. Then there's her everyday life at the diner, where she has adopted something of a found family; there's the murder plotline, the pie contest plotline and then there's the question of Daisy's love interest, which is split between two other characters. Some of these plots interlink, which helps, but on the whole, I wished it was a lot longer to really give these aspects some depth. Ultimately I didn't get much of an impression of her relationships at the diner, for instance, even though they were supposed to be pretty important to her. The second is the cognitive dissonance of the whole restorative-justice-through-murder-pie thing. There are no two ways around it; the main character murders several people. Several times in the book it is mentioned that there's a kind of cop-out on whether or not the pie will actually kill the man in question, which is something, but it never actually happens during the book. I kept waiting for some sort of comeuppance for how morally grey the main character ultimately is, but there was none except some vague reference to Daisy struggling with it herself in the past. In my opinion, it would have been a stronger story if she either embraced her own moral ambiguity more strongly, or if she experienced real consequences for it. View all my reviews
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Magic, Lies and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp--Book Review
Happy Wednesday! Magic, Lies and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp is a dark, magical tale. Stop by to learn more about Daisy’s deadly pies. Happy Reading!
https://bibliophileandavidreader.blogspot.com/2022/05/magic-lies-and-deadly-pies-by-misha-popp.html
#magicliesanddeadlypies#misha popp#cozy mystery#paranormal cozy mystery#paranormal mystery#theavidreader#book review#crooked lane books#the avid reader
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New Releases: May 21, 2024
Picture Books The Rainbow Parade by Shane Jordan & Rick Hendrix (text) and Jieting Chen (illustration) Join the celebration at the Rainbow Parade and witness a heartwarming story of acceptance and friendship. In this joyful picture book, LGBTQ+ advocates Shane Jordan and Rick Hendrix take young readers on a colorful journey of self-expression and acceptance. Set at a stormy pride parade, the…
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#A Liaison With Her Leading Lady#A Swift and Sudden Exit#Beating Heart Baby#Boy Like Me#Exhibit#In Tongues#Karmen Lee#Keeper of the Stones and Stars#Lio Min#Michael Barakiva#Michael Leali#Misha Popp#Murray Out of Water#Nico Vincenty#R.O. Kwan#Rob Costello#Simon James Green#Steven Rowley#Taylor Tracy#The 7-10 Split#The Guncle Abroad#The Truth About Triangles#Thomas Grattan
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Bi/bisexual books of February!
Books listed 💕 She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran 💕 Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb 💕 Last Chance Dance by Lakita Wilson 💕 The Long Run by James Acker 💕 Izzy at the End of the World by K.A. Reynolds 💕 A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp 💕 The Sea in You by Jessi Sheron (the comic can also be read online here) 💕 Nothing Can Hurt You Now by Simone Campos 💕 Tides of Love by Kimberly Cooper Griffin 💕 Diving Into Her by Alyson Root 💕 Monstersona by Chloe Spencer 💕 Give a Witch a Chance by Colette Rivera 💕 The Jaguar Path by Anna Stephens (Second book in The Songs of the Drowned trilogy) 💕 Before She Was Mine by Emma L McGeown
#bisexual#bisexual representation#bisexual pride#bi books#bisexual books#sapphic books#achillean books#f/f books#M/m books#m/m fiction#f/f fiction#booklr#book blog#wlw books#mlm books#f/f#m/m#m/f romance#m/f books#queer books#lgbt books#lgbtq books#Bi4bi books#bi4bi#bisexual romance#bookblr#book tumblr#My posts#books of the month
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Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp
Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp
Daisy Ellery’s pies have a secret ingredient: The magical ability to avenge women done wrong by men…The first time Daisy Ellery killed a man with a pie, it was an accident. Now, it’s her calling. Daisy bakes sweet vengeance into her pastries, which she and her dog Zoe deliver to the men who’ve done dirty deeds to the town’s women. But if she can’t solve the one crime that’s not of her own baking,…
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💙💜💖 Bi Books Coming Out May 2024
💖💜💙 Do you know what we could always use a little more of? Bi books! Here are a few coming out in May that would make fabulous additions to your never-ending TBR! Happy reading!
💖 Don't Be a Drag - Skye Quinlan 💜 We Were the Universe - Kimberly King Parsons 💙 Fake Dating a Witch - Brigid Hunt
💖 A Swift and Sudden Exit - Nico Vincenty 💜 The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller 💙 Evocation - S.T. Gibson
💖 A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins 💜 It Ain't Over Til the Bisexual Speaks - Various 💙 Lavash at First Sight - Taleen Voskuni
💖 Smoke and Steel - Dax Murray 💜 Meet Me in Berlin - Samantha L. Valentine 💙 A Girl Can Dream - Emily Barr
💖 Adrift - Sam Ledel 💜 The Ride of Her Life - Jennifer Dugan 💙 The Only Light Left Burning - Erik J. Brown
💖 The 7-10 Split - Karmen Lee 💜 The Sins on Their Bones - Laura R. Samotin 💙 Garner for Gold - Catherine Labadie
💖 The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe 💜 Bisexuality: The Basics - Lewis Oakley 💙 Blood Remains - Cathy Pegau
💖 Exhibit - R.O. Kwon 💜 The Last to Pie - Misha Popp 💙 The Fireborne Blade - Charlotte Bond
#bisexual visibility#bi books#bisexual pride#bisexuality#queer books#queer#queer fiction#queer romance#books#batty about books#battyaboutbooks
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Going to church is weird for me, and not just because I kill people with pie.
Misha Popp, Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies
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6 of the Best Mystery Romance Books
[via Book Riot]
Mystery and romance are two genres that, in my opinion, pair perfectly together. To me, some of the best cozies are ones with a slow burn romance that plays over a series. And likewise, I always appreciate a romance novel that features a head-scratching mystery as part of its plot. Here are some books that combine both.
A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem (A Lady’s Guide #1) by Manda Collins
Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies (Pies Before Guys #1) by Misha Popp
Dial A for Aunties (Aunties #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
A Deadly Inside Scoop (Ice Cream Parlor #1) by Abby Collette
Love Sold Separately by Ellen Meister
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Books! I just finished Magic, Lies and Deadly Pies (Misha Popp) and The Verifiers (Jane Pek). Both delightful, and I thought you might be interested if you hadn't looked into them already.
Oh thank you, I love book rec time! The Popp in particular looks like a fun summer read, I'll have to keep an eye out for it.
I read a much more thriller-y mystery recently, the sci fi Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty, the Popp in particular looks like a slightly lighter tone.
Some other recent favorites are Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente, and Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore, for anybody who needs a TBR list refresher!
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Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies (Misha Popp)
I finished Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp.
In short: I enjoyed it a lot! I borrowed it from the library and consumed it in 24 hours (a sign I’m having a great time with the book), and if there had been a sequel already, I’d be reading it right now instead of typing this.
What’s it about? Our protagonist, Daisy, is a professional baker. She creates pies that she sells out of her trailer/food truck, but in secret, she has ✨pie magic.✨ Mostly she uses it for good--focus and energy baked into pies for harried students; hope and love in feel-good pies... But her power has a dark side, and she also makes ✨murder pies,✨ which she feeds to bad men. All that’s business-as-usual for Daisy, until she starts getting mysterious messages from someone who wants to blackmail her into killing innocent women. She has to foil her blackmailer’s plot, maintain business-as-usual, and try to win a national pie-making contest! (Don’t worry, the official summary is quoted below!)
More thoughts (including a few reservations & maybe some spoilers below the cut)
Official summary: The first time Daisy Ellery killed a man with a pie, it was an accident. Now, it’s her calling. Daisy bakes sweet vengeance into her pastries, which she and her dog Zoe deliver to the men who’ve done dirty deeds to the town’s women. But if she can’t solve the one crime that’s not of her own baking, she’ll be out of the pie pan and into the oven. Parking her Pies Before Guys mobile bakery van outside the local diner, Daisy is informed by Frank, the crusty diner owner, that someone’s been prowling around the van—and not just to inhale the delectable aroma. Already on thin icing with Frank, she finds a letter on her door, threatening to reveal her unsavory secret sideline of pie a la murder. Blackmail? But who whipped up this half-baked plot to cut a slice out of Daisy’s business? Purple-haired campus do-gooder Melly? Noel, the tender—if flaky—farm boy? Or one of the abusive men who prefer their pie without a deadly scoop of payback? The upcoming statewide pie contest could be Daisy’s big chance to help wronged women everywhere…if she doesn’t meet a sticky end first. Because Daisy knows the blackmailer won’t stop until her business is in crumbles.
Other thoughts
For me, this was a super fun read from start to finish. On the spectrum of dark-and-serious to light-and-fun, it’s definitely on the light escapism side. More on that in a bit.
It’s fun to try to describe because it feels like a cozy mystery, but it’s kind of the inverse. Instead of a smalltown baker who has to catch a murderer for contrived reasons...
I do have a few caveats and reservations. My first complication is just... you know. Vigilante justice. Complicated feelings about that in general, but given the book’s place on the serious-to-fun spectrum, it didn’t bother me with this book.
The caveat is that Daisy (our protag) does specifically target men who are rapists and domestic abusers. The men’s crimes aren’t graphic at all, but I wouldn’t just recommend this book without at least mentioning that aspect. You can read the official content warnings at the author’s website.
The other reservation is related to that, which is just... Daisy haunts domestic abuse support groups to find people to help, and it’s very much... To me, it reads as a wish-fulfillment fantasy. Being able to step in and help with just one pie. And I guess I want to acknowledge, as a person recommending this book (and I do recommend it!) that I know it’s wish-fulfillment. But at the same time, wish-fulfillment is awesome. Fuck yeah. The book with pie magic has an unrealistic element, gosh. I already said the book is on the lighter, more optimistic, less serious side. That’s part of this. And the way in which the women in Daisy’s network show up for each other, I love that.
Okay, now that that’s (inarticulately) off my chest, back to what I loooove about this book. (Mild spoilers ahoy)
1. THE MAGIC SYSTEM. Did I mention that Daisy is the latest in a matrilineal line of magic users? Her mom had hairdressing magic, her grandmother had sewing/tailoring magic, and her great-grandmother had something channeled through floral arranging.
Super awesome. It’s a soft-and-squishy magic system, and that’s fun for me. We never get to see any of Daisy’s foremothers use their magic (they’ve all passed by the time the story starts), but still! This magical gift that the protagonist associates with goodness, comfort, healing and helping, and it’s channeled through these very domestic, woman-coded things. Pies, hair dressing, sewing, floral arranging, these are very obviously associated with femininity, domesticity and, to a degree, frivolity and/or service to others. But this is the seat of each practitioner’s power. Something something does true strength lie in an individual or in our communities something.
2. The love interests. First of all, there’s a cute boy and a cute girl. That’s fun. Second of all, Misha Popp does the excellent thing where the two love interests represent the two wolves represent two different ways of being the protagonist can choose. As far as I’m concerned, from a craft perspective, that’s *chef’s kiss*
3. Recipes. In fine tradition, this book that features baking has recipes in the back. NICE.
Extra note: As a craft note, this book is told in first person. (In fact, I just went back and checked; it’s first person and present-tense.) It’s not distracting at all, just a fun note. Don’t see that too often.
In conclusion, I had a lot of fun with Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp, and it’s on my “recommend” list!
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