I received this book from House Party and Chatterbox in exchange for my honest review.

Mug Shot is the second book in the Java Jive mystery series. I had never heard of this series before reading Mug Shot, so I was excited to receive it!

The book is basically in the genre of "cozy mysteries." I say basically because I am used to cozy mysteries being a little more, well, cozy. While the story in itself was pretty cute and I didn't figure out who did it until I was almost done, I was a little put off by some of the language used by the author.

I am not a prude AT ALL. I often read books in which the author is pretty liberal with his or her language. I just wasn't expecting some of the cursing and some of the sexual comments from this type of book. I just wanted to throw that out there for anyone planning on reading this who may be offended by that.

As for the story, I DID enjoy the book. Caroline Fardig writes in an easy-to-read style and it's not jilted or confusing at all. The mystery was well-done and her characters are likeable. I honestly feel as if they are people I could see myself associating with in real life. The book is fast-paced and fun to read.

I'm not a fan of giving a synopsis of the book in reviews because I think people can find that out from the book jacket or the blurb attached to ebook download pages, so I won't do that here.

I WILL say that I like Juliet (the main protagonist) a lot, but I wish she had wound up with a different character at the end of the book. ;) I will definitely be reading the first book in the series, and will look for the (hopefully?) third book should one ever be written.