This is one of my favorite series, and I was so excited to see a new release. I am glad that Lana is back in Cleveland for this installment. It is time for Lunar New Year and the Asia Village crew is pulling out all the stops. Of course, given Lana’s history with party planning, no one should be surprised when one of the dancers is found dead. Lana is on the case to discover which one of the attendees is also a killer.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an early copy of this book! Below is my honest review.

Given that I didn’t read the first 9 books in this series (because I didn’t really realize it was a series), I feel like I missed some important connections/relationships that could have made the reading process a bit more enjoyable. Instead I thought everyone was a suspect no matter what. But I enjoyed how the author incorporated Chinese culture into this mystery novel (a rare thing to see)! The mystery itself seemed kind of meh to me and slightly rushed in my opinion (even though we don’t get to be mystery plot until chapter 9). I’d be interested to read more from this author!