First I'd like to say that I got an ARC of this book thanks to First to Read! I didn't know this was the 11th book in a series when I requested it, but it was pretty easy to follow despite that. In general, I enjoyed reading this. It wasn't the best book out there, but it kept me entertained and helped me shut off my brain, so, hey, there's some benefits to that!

My biggest complaint about this book is that it was really repetitive. It constantly hits you over the head with how Mel “feels” about certain characters she hasn’t really talked to in years, and it gets really annoying. It felt like the author didn't think the reader was capable of remembering who Mel thought was innocent and why.

The other, smaller, issue I had was how childish this book felt. The characters were frequently over the top and (considerably) absurd, and I just wasn't that into it. Nevertheless, the childishness didn't make me hate this book. I just didn't care for it. A more specific example of this was all the movie references in this book. They weren't cute. At all. The references read like an unnecessary "eccentric" thing the characters did to be more unique.

All in all, this was cute and ridiculous. The murderer wasn’t that big of a surprise, but that’s okay. The big reveal was super over the top, but like, whatever. Clearly, this book was leaning more towards humor and ridiculousness, so it’s fine. It was clearly trying to do its own thing, so it can’t be judged by what it wasn't trying to be. Plus, for a murder mystery, it was a pretty light and fun read. I liked it. It could have been better, but it could have been way worse. It kinda felt like watching a Hallmark movie, but with more murder. Eh. It was okay.