I hope this isn't the end of the series. ( )

Typical Romance Mystery. Not too much to say about this one. Very obvious. Clearly the main character gets her man and solves the mystery. Despite the 'Big IF' on the back cover. ( )

Just plain fun to read--laughed out loud at a few parts. ( )

This is a series I've enjoyed a lot since the beginning, but this entry was not as good as I had hoped. Whereas the previous books had such great humor, almost Janet Evanovich-like, this book tried to tackle too many complicated and tragic issues.

When I pick up a book like this, I'm expecting, and want, fun, great dialogue, romance, and a good mystery. And while I did get these things, the book was brought down by the attempt to suddenly get very serious. There are other authors who deal with heavy subjects within mysteries, but when I go for a [[Kyra Davis]], I don't expect to read about a best friend getting shot and possibly never walking again, a possible stalker, and what feels like eight hundred fights between the main character and her boyfriend. I fell in love with this series for the romance and the humor, which felt strangely lacking in this book.

That said, I did enjoy the book, though not even close to as much as the other books in the series. There was still some great humor, especially surrounding one of the characters wanting a Disneyland wedding, and the mystery was clever and well-executed. I will be reading the new book in this series in hopes it gets more of its magic back. ( )

Sophie is an established author who fancies herself a bit of a detective. I’m jumping in 5 books into the series, but any backstory that was relevant is explained. The characters here are over-the-top in one way or another, from the Disney loving Mary-Ann and Monty to the polyamorous Dena and Jason to the perpetually-stoned Amelia to the secretive Russian Anatoly. And Sophie is the glue that holds all of them together. As you would expect from the cover, the tone to this mystery is relatively light. At least, as light as it can be when someone has been shot and possibly paralyzed. My one complaint is that Sophie doesn’t really do any detecting here… things just sort of happen to her, and she reacts. The actions she takes are generally a result of someone else’s contribution or intervention. And at one point it looked like there was going to be a twist, but then it just evaporated. I think I might have preferred that to the actual ending, which was not entirely unexpected. All in all, this wasn’t a bad read, but I probably won’t rush out to pick up the earlier books in the series. ( )