Book Review: Sweet Expectations

Book: Sweet Expectations (Union Street Bakery book #2) by Mary Ellen Taylor

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Rating: 3 1/2 stars

Review:

This was pretty good and it was really sweet. It was a nice quick read and there's also recipes at the end of the book.

The story focused mainly on Daisy McCrae as she returned to help her sister Rachel run the family bakery. Daisy used to work at a highly profitable finance company until the company went under. While she was dealing with the stress of trying to run the bakery and handle the bakery's renovations, she didn't really have time to think about why she had been feeling sick. And once she got the diagnosis it threw her for a loop and had her really coming to terms with how she saw her life.

While Daisy was dealing with her health issue, she was also focused on finding out the mystery surrounding a box found in the walls of the bakery during renovations. Inside the box, she found a picture, several recipes and dog tags. Despite dealing with her own issues, she just couldn't stop thinking about trying to figure out more about the owner of that box.

There was a subtle hint of supernatural going on in the story. As well as a bit of romance between Daisy and her on again off again boyfriend Gordon. Rachel was also dealing with romance issues, she was trying to get back into dating after being widowed and trying to handle being on her own raising her daughters.

This was a very enjoyable story, I thought all the characters were interesting and likeable except for Roger but the reader pretty much knows he's a jerk. The mystery was also interesting because the author did a good weaving the story with the history of time with the present.