I really enjoyed the first book in this unexpected series. I always like when the characters aren't just doctors, lawyers and soccer moms but people cobbling life together a little more. I also like the aspect of having friends that maybe you wouldn't chose if you met them today sticking around.

I felt like this book fell a little flat as it made the (needed, because how many people in your friend group are going to die or be murders?) leap to include a bunch of people we haven't met before that live in the main character's new building and are friends with each other, not the main character.

That made sense and I can see why the series is called "friends and enemies", I'm assuming if there is a next book it will be about another group of friends. But I didn't feel like the group was really fleshed out. It was easy to get them confused because the main character really didn't know them well so we were learning about them as she did and they all had very similar, annoying personalities. I could see why any of them would kill and why anyone would want to kill them. Spending time with them was rough.

The strongest part was her and Ethan and her dating life. I'd like more of that and less about people we don't know or care about. The author felt slightly out of her element with them. I did feel like she was setting up a mystery with cousin Katie and going back "home" to the midwest and I think that would work better.

The book wasn't bad but I didn't feel like the author really believed in the new characters.