Pali Moon a financially poor Maui wedding planner receives a request to plan a beach wedding on Valentine's Day, which is just a few days away. Unfortunately the prospective groom has gone missing. ( )

Slight and silly, this novel kept my interest only because a very long time ago I lived on Maui and I enjoyed revisiting the places that used to be so familiar to me. For example, a lot of the action takes place at Olo'walu, where I used to go snorkeling all the time. (There was no mansion as far as I remember when I lived there; but shortly after I moved back to the mainland a woman was killed by a shark at Olo'walu, and after that more attacks occurred there over the years.)

Anyway, other than the nostalgia factor, this novel did nothing much for me. None of the characters were fleshed out. Pali Moon is the heroine, and I had no idea how old she was or what she looked like or if I cared about her or not. The mystery didn't make much sense and wasn't all that interesting. I should have been surprised by the ending, or have guessed it, but I was so uninvested my reaction was, okay so that happened. I wouldn't read any others in the series. ( )

Have you ever walked away from a book asking yourself WTF did I just read??

This book had me in stitches the first 30% of the book and pissed off the last 70%.

I loved Pali and all her buddies but I could never understand the rest of the characters. I think it was supposed to be some kind of company take over kind of thing but, I am still not sure what it was that I read. It was fun is all I can really say.

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Cute, but fluffy. Enjoyed it while reading it. Will promptly forget it. Don't have plans to continue the series. ( )

Mysteries, murder and Maui, what more could you ask for? If you have been to Maui, it's fun to spot the landmarks. ( )