title: Last Bite
author: Amy S. Peele
publisher: She Write Press
publication date: February 24, 2026
pages: 256
peppers: 2 (on this scale)
warnings: death, food-poisining, mentions of vomit, violence, gun shots, hospital, surgery, mention of cancer, pot-smoking
summary: At her husband's funeral, Angie discovers two things: that people are getting lucky in the bathroom, and that her husband has left her penniless. Worse, her niece who wants to start a catering business, has prepared the food, which everyone is spitting out. Her life is a mess.
tropes:
- second chance at life
- watch out for the mob
- do anything for family
- take care of my widow
- husband left her nothing
- finding one's own strength
what I liked:
- scenes of Chicago
- cameos by Bill Murray
- food scenes
- niece Gina and her friend Kim
- stoner roommates, Thad and Daisy
what I didn’t like:
- the writing quality
- too unbelievable
overall rating: 2 (of 5 stars)
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