A review by applejacksbooks
This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I received a copy from NetGalley for review. 

This book is delectable (lol yes I'm starting off with a pun). This book is like if you took iZombie and mixed it with Warm Bodies and threw them at a music festival. It's fun and queer and easy to digest. I ended up starting it at like 7 PM and was up until 11 PM and got about 78% of the way into the book before I had to FORCE myself to put it down and go to sleep. It was that good. In the story, we follow Zoey, Celeste, Jasmine, and Valeria as they get to go to a smaller version of Coachella. While there Valeria goes feral and it's up to Zoey, Celeste, and Jasmine to figure out why before something bad happens to Val for real. ON TOP of that, people have been going missing throughout the whole festival and the girls lowkey stumble into a conspiracy with how to revamp up the Hollowing (basically this timeline's COVID). 

I really enjoyed the way the girls all worked together throughout the series. There was no fighting over boys (puke) or cattiness outside of very real situations on what to do next. I do wish that it wasn't a single POV. It would have been nice to get more of the current thoughts of the other main girls in the series and not just their POVs when we got flashbacks to when they first turned. Especially Celeste and Jasmine. They played a much bigger role in the story and getting their POVs, I think, would have added to it. 

Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable read and I'll probably be purchasing this for myself.