I thought the romance in this book was extremely boring and annoying. It was Bella, Edward and Werewolf boy, or Angela, Dwight and Andy, or Pam, Jim and Roy, and I could not care less.

However, because of the plot, and the mystery, I stuck with it and ultimately I came away satisfied. The story got me!! I had the horrifying thought at around 85-90% that we'd never find out the murder outcome. But without spoiling it, you do find out the murder details.

I cried a couple times, awkwardly walking around my neighborhood with my headphones in, thinking about what kind of person these conditions would produce and how I tend to dismiss/roll my eyes when I see "choose kindness" or "be kind" but wow, the small kindnesses here really killed me. It was a nice message here: be kind because it's the right thing to do.