Have you had it with Warrior Princesses who (surprise!) still need a guy to make their lives complete? Are you full-on sick of books about Serious Timely Topics with Heavy Political Overtones? Are you looking for a story that's just a cute bit of fluff?
Yeah, me too.
Even better if the story includes pie. Because everyone likes pie!
I found all this in Jenn Bennett's latest novel, Serious Moonlight. I mean, the plot of this book is the stuff of cheesy, 1990s-era Rom-Coms. Think Sleepless in Seattle. Think Serendipity. But with teen-aged characters. It's freaking adorable, people!
Birdie and Daniel first meet-cute in their favorite local diner and bond over their mutual love of pie and mystery stories. Even better, they both work the graveyard shift at a local hotel that is supposedly home to the reclusive mystery writer, Raymond Drake (although this fact is pretty hush-hush, thus the mystery). And Birdie loves nothing more than a good mystery! Both characters have Issues to overcome: Grief over the death of family members, chronic medical conditions, extreme painful introversion... But they find the support they need in each other (awwww). And now they have a real-life mystery to solve! So there's that too.
Did I mention there's pie?
This story is adorable. Not particularly memorable. And the plot tends to get pretty cliche at times, and the characters sometimes feel rom-com worthy stereotyoical. But adorable nevertheless.
Also, pie!
--AJB
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