This book wasn’t my cup of tea. It’s fine, but definitely the kind of murder mystery targeted towards the same demographic as Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, not a 23-year-old grabbing it on a whim at the library because the cover was cute and the idea of a dog show related murder mystery sounded fun to me.

The humor is focused on domestic hijinks and dogs being silly, which was kind of hit-or-miss for me. It felt less like comic relief at times and more like the murder mystery was paused so that the subplots to progress.

The sudden tonal shift when its revealed the murder victim is a predator and rapist was awkward - definitely not what I was expecting, but I haven’t read many cozy mysteries, so maybe it wouldn’t be as shocking to someone who regularly reads the genre.

It was… fine. Wouldn’t recommend it, though.