Confetti & Confusion

Second book in this series set in St Lucia - so a great holiday read.

Milly seems to growing closer to Zach, but she is going home soon, and then someone from his past turns up. Add to that the other happenings on the island, and she has enough to deal with.

Looking forward to the next book in this series!

Millie and Ella are back running their Caribbean cookery school for Claudia as she still recovers. Set over a week, with a bridal party this time.



This time they set to work helping Imogen and Alex get their wedding dream despite the bride's mum not approving of their ideal wedding back home though when she finds old flame Brad here, she takes a back seat thankfully for the bride to be!



The cookery duo have to help create cake pops and a new wedding cake from the cookery school after the wedding party's original ones get destroyed and then their wedding planner goes missing adding to the worries they needn't have.



We catch up on the what was bidding romance between Millie and Zach as they go on a treetop course alike to Go Ape though his ex Chloe turns up later and suddenly, Millie sees she can't be engaged as she spots the pair and her heart breaks, but is all that meets the eye?



An exciting drama filled week back in the cookery school we can dream of and it didn't disappoint. We caught up on all the previous events and where they progressed to now as well as developing Millie into the next chapter of her life in her career. There's love and revenge plots in this book which covered the thrilling action. As well as the wedding party providing many laughs in their making and baking. It was a gorgeous tale to dream yourself in to and pretend you're also there in the Caribbean with them.



Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Millie is still standing in for Claudia at the Paradise Cookery School in St Lucia and preparing for the arrival of
the bride Imogen and her party of hens..... will it all run smoothly or will there be mishaps before the wedding... and will Zach always be there to help her out!

Another lovely story in this series, I loved St Lucia and so this book bought back fond memories of holidaying there..... looking forward to the next one!

Oh I am so glad that I got to catch up with Millie and Ella at 'The Paradise Cookery School'! I absolutely adored the first book in the series, 'Sunshine and Secrets', so I couldn't wait to head back to the Caribbean to find out what was in store for Millie this time around.

'Confetti and Confusion may be the second book from 'The Paradise Cookery School' series, but I definitely do recommend that you read the books in order otherwise you may find that you're missing out on the start of Millie's journey and how she found herself in the Caribbean in the first place.

Despite this book being quite compact at around 160 pages, it certainly packs a punch! Millie isn't sitting twiddling her thumbs or topping up her tan, in fact she is run off her feet as she takes a detour from the Paradise Cookery School owner, Claudia, best laid plans! I can guarantee that helping a bride-to-be wasn't part of the plan at all, but because Millie has got a heart of gold, she can't sit back and watch a wedding day go to ruins because of someone else.

Of course, whilst romance is prominent in this storyline due to Imogen's upcoming wedding, Millie's new friends are watching her closely to see if she finally plucks up the courage to let a certain man know just how she really feels. Well, it might help if she stopped falling over her feet, especially if HE gets to be her knight in shining every time, being none the wiser to Millie's true feelings...

I will be devastated when this series finishes as it has got to be my most favourite serial that Daisy James has written to date. There is something very special about Millie, and Daisy James has done a fabulous job by bringing her true personality to life by mixing Millie with some rather colourful people, as well as taking her out of her comfort zone.

'Confetti and Confusion' made me giggle and left me grinning from ear to ear. What a truly fabulous, spirited, and huggable little read this is. I absolutely loved it and will be recommending this series until I am blue in the face. More please!!

Daisy James is one of my go to writers. This book is exactly what's needed to put a smile on your face. Her writing style is brilliant and so are her characters.

I enjoyed my first foray at the Paradise Cookery School. This was a nice, quick read where the characters and the story combined to be a delight. I received a copy from NetGalley and the publisher and this is my honest review.

I liked this book, although I don't think it quite lived up to the first book in the series. I still found it sweet and lovely and look forward to the next one!!

Sometimes in life you want to curl up with a book that takes you on a gorgeous sun-filled journey filled with warmth, heart and charm. This is were Daisy James new mini series fits in perfectly as she whisks you away to a tropical paradise in St Lucia were the enticing aromas of the local produce and cuisine is almost as intoxicating as the stunning vistas around the island.
I adored book one, Sunshine & Secrets, you can find my review here. Confetti & Confusion takes us back to St Lucia and to Millie who's temporarily working for celeb Chef Claudia at her Paradise Cooking School. This story starts us off at the beginning of a hen week filled with culinary cocoa inspired delights for the bride-to-be and her entourage. However, there's a mystery surrounding the wedding planner and when carefully planned details are at risk Millie and her new friends come to the rescue for the wedding party of the year on the island.
Amongst the mishaps and mayhem leading up to the wedding Millie's friendship with Zach is blooming but also her date for leaving the island and going back home to London is getting more imminent. Will Millie open her heart to a tropical romance?
Another gorgeous romantic instalment from Daisy James that brings a smile to your face and a beat to your heart. I was disappointed to reach the end as I want to know what lies ahead for Millie and for Zach. It looks like I don't have to wait too long as a third instalment of The Paradise Cookery School is due out in September, yay!

If you can't afford the Caribbean this Summer, this book is the next best thing. Full of sunshine, warmth, vividly depicted scenery with a tumultuous romance and a mystery too this will keep you happy wherever you're reading it.

The second in 'The Paradise Cookery School'series, 'Confetti and Confusion' reads well as a standalone too but I did wish I read the first in the series 'Sunshine and Secrets'. Millie agrees to run an exclusive cookery course for a bride to be and her entourage. She's in need of something to lift her spirits and loves cooking, so this is the opportunity she can't turn down. Strongly attracted to Zach the acting estate manager, she wonders if she can risk her heart again.

The setting is sublime and well described, especially through the food on offer. Millie is a lovely character and her friend, and colleague Ella is a warm and giving person who helps Millie step out of her self-imposed shell.

The plot is written in the style of a 'Death in Paradise' story by without the murder. It gives a flavour of Caribbean life, without being overly descriptive and the characters are likeable and relatable. The ending gives Millie hope for the future, and now I can't wait for the Christmas book.

I received a copy of this book from Canelo via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. The writing just flowed loved the storyline and the characters the descriptions in this book I could picture everything clearly was a feel good book. didn't want this book to end.

Daisy James strikes again with another amazing read. Make sure you leave enough room in your suitcase this Summer, because Confetti and Confusion needs to be added to your holiday essentials.

The Paradise Cookery School is set in St Lucia, in the first book we met Millie who is a Michelin star chef, she steps in and sets up the Cookery school for Claudia who is a celebrity chef. There is also Ella who supports Millie with the development of the Caribbean recipes and Zach who is the estate Manager and the handsome male in the story. All incredibly likeable characters.

With the school ready to be opened after the first book, we see the first booking. Imogen and her wedding party. But, things don’t go to plan with her wedding and Millie does all she can to get things back on track. And of course, Millie’s relationship with Zach has started to blossom but his ex girlfriend appears on the scene and makes it very clear that she is pursuing him because she wants him back.

As you read, you can taste the chocolate and smell the St Lucia air. It’s almost as though you have been transported to the location and sat in the Cookery school observing. More than once whilst reading my stomach rumbled.

Each book in the series may be read stand alone, but I’d recommend reading the series. You get to know the characters and location and to be honest they are amazing reads.

Without a doubt a delightful read. And we can look forward to a third title in the series due later this year – Mistletoe and Magic – I cannot wait to read the next one.

Thank you to Ellie, Daisy and Canelo for our advanced copy.

St Lucia sounds so divine and this book makes me want to visit it, not only for the sights but the delicious smells that this book seems to input into your brain whilst you are reading.

I enjoyed catching up with Millie and seeing how she would cope with running the school. She might be a dab hand in the kitchen – she is a Michelin Star Chef after all, but speaking in front of people and teaching is not her forte.

The book has plenty of laugh-out-loud scenes and was a real joy to read. Millie was the saviour of the book, over and over again. It was quite amusing being witness to some of the disasters, although I’m sure I wouldn’t be laughing quite as much if they were happening to me.

Whilst I believe it would be best to start with the first book in the series, I couldn’t really see anything in this one that would make it difficult to understand what was going on if you read this as a stand-alone.

It is a quick read at only 160 pages, but the book is filled to the brim with delightful characters and a plot worth investing your time in

So, Confetti and Confusion is the second book in the Paradise Cookery School series, following immediately on from the events in Sunshine and Secrets (a book I have also reviewed - see here).

If you have read my review of the first novel in this series you will know just how much I loved the setting of the Paradise Cookery School.  It is set within a luscious cocoa plantation in St Lucia, a Caribbean island known for its vibrance.  I am a big fan of novels set in beautiful locations (its helps me add to my ever increasing list of places to visit), and this novel was no exception.  I loved learning more about St Lucia, loosing myself amongst the cocoa trees, experiencing the daily deluge of rain that disappears as quickly as it appears - it really does set the scene, and provide a wonderful backdrop for Millie Harper's experiences in the Paradise Cookery School.

This takes us neatly onto the characters within the novel.  We return to Millie Harper, the lovely Ella Johnson and of course, Zach Barker.  In addition, we have a range of new characters - the first attendees of Claudia Croft's prestigious cookery course in her newest venue in St Lucia; Imogen, the bride to be, attends with the female members of her bridal party in the week preceding her luxurious St Lucian nuptials.

As we learned in Sunshine and Secrets, Millie Harper has a habit of finding trouble (or trouble finding her!), and it is no exception in the latest instalment in this series.  With a cookery course to unexpectedly provide, a wedding that suffers unexpected setbacks and a bride to keep happy, Millie finds herself pushed to her limits, both professionally and emotionally.  Throw into the mix the dashing Zach Barker and we have a novel full of twists and turns!

I really enjoyed this novel, and it couldn't have been published at a better time.  It is a perfect beach read, and if you don't find yourself on a beach this summer, you'll at least be able to imagine yourself on the stunning island of St Lucia.  I definitely recommend this novel - it's light, fun and you get to revisit old friends at the Paradise Cookery School as well and making new ones.  I'm already looking forward to the next instalment, Mistletoe and Mystery, out later this year!

Sunshine and Secrets was my first Daisy James book and I enjoyed it so much that I couldn’t wait to slap on my factor 50 and head back to St Lucia for another instalment of the Paradise Cookery School. Although Confetti & Confusion is the second book in the series, it can definitely be read as a standalone as Daisy James makes sure to include superb colourful introductions to all of her fabulous characters. As I have read the first book, Sunshine and Secrets, I greeted these warm and friendly characters like old friends.

Confetti & Confusion picks up right where Sunshine and Secrets left off as the shiny new kitchen of the Paradise Cookery School opens for business. Amelia (Millie) Harper and St Lucian native, Ella, worked so hard to get the kitchen ready and now the fun can begin. The first customer is a bridal party, and while Imogen and the hens are cooking up chocolatey creations in the kitchen, Alex and the stags partake in some testosterone fuelled events like quad-biking. Anything can happen, and often does, with Mishap Millie around but luckily hunky estate manager Zach is around to pick Millie up when she falls (literally).

Millie’s feelings for Zach have become more intense in Confetti & Confusion and every day she spends with him mends her broken heart a little more. Millie’s stay on the island is only temporary and she is adamant that she doesn’t want a holiday romance but maybe Zach doesn’t either, only Millie is too insecure to find out. As they spend more time together it is clear to the reader, if not to Millie, that Zach has feelings for her too but just when you think ‘the moment’ is approaching, Zach’s ex appears on the scene. Millie retreats at the speed of light when it appears that Zach is back with Chloe and my heart sank for her but sometimes appearances can be deceptive.

When a fire in the hotel kitchen destroys the wedding cake and the wedding planner is nowhere to be found, Millie is determined to make sure that Imogen and Alex’s dream wedding goes as planned. Well I say dream wedding, but it’s more Imogen’s mum’s dream wedding as Imogen and Alex would have been happy to get married at home in their local parish church. As more things go wrong for the couple it looks like someone is out to sabotage their wedding…but why?

Although I would have liked a bit more scheming and intrigue around the mystery of the wedding sabotage, this unexpected addition does manage to add more depth and drama to the story and sets Confetti & Confusion apart from a twee hearts and flowers chick-lit book. It’s testament to the way that Daisy James writes a book so full of heart without leaving an overly saccharine taste in your mouth and that’s no easy feat when there are delicious recipes being described so beautifully that I could almost smell the chocolate! Thankfully, Millie's story is far from over so I can't wait to jet off to St Lucia again soon.

Confetti & Confusion is a mouth-watering, sunny delight; definitely a book to pack in your suitcase for your summer holiday this year!

I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.

Confetti and confusion was a good follow up to Sunshine and Secrets, both great summer, beach reads. Looking forward to the third instalment!

Millie is a Michellin-star chef who was left in charge of the courses at The Paradise Cookery School, a business run by chef Claudia. She's running a course called Chocolate and Confetti for Imogen's wedding to Alex, and Zach is there too. Millie and Zach met when Millie was out exploring and Zach was walking his dog Binks in the first book in the series (Sunshine and Secrets) which I had the pleasure to review and really enjoyed.

Will the wedding and course go to plan? Millie is known for things not going great always in her life. She does love St Lucia though and her new life which has been her reality since she left England. Everyone in the book has their own character traits and the book is full of beautiful scenery and sweet treats and cocktails. There's friendship, laughs and ups and downs in this fun but short novel. This installment is shorter than book #1 but no less enjoyable. There was a slight repitition of what cake pops were which I thought was a bit unnecessary but that was the only flaw.

I wanted to go to St Lucia when I sped theough the first book, and I do even more now. The book is atmospheric and realistic but I do think it lacks some of the depth of the surroundings of the cookery school and the island as well as island life that the first book had. I must admit, I did miss bubbly, colourful Claudia and I hope she's back soon. I've heard there will be a third installment in the series, Mistletoe and Memories, which will be released in September 2018.

A well-timed quick summer read which I'm glad I have the ARC of. Thanks to Daisy James and Canelo for the ARC of this latest installment in The Paradise Cookery School series in exchange for an honest and voluntary review and the chance to participate in the blog tour for this book.