Initially, I was surprised by the informal language of the book but it eventually grew on me. I love that the dog was saved- would've liked just a bit more on her!

This book could be a good mystery and has interesting characters. The person that was killed was universally hated by pretty much anyone that had to deal with her so no one truly felt super sad that she died. That being said, the murder still needed to be solved and the police did a pretty poor job of making even a limited attempt to do so. The murder was copied from an unpublished novel one of the characters wrote and so to make sure her name was cleared and to make sure none of her friends were murderers, she took it upon herself to solve it. She didn't really solve it, she stumbled into the solution and nearly died doing it. There are areas of the book that need to flow better and connections need to click. After a good editing session I think this book will be well worth reading. My review is on an unpublished version of this book, so I will assume that the polished final version will fix the rough patches that need attention and readers can just sit back and enjoy.