3.5 stars

Picasso is 11 or 12 years old when her father is murdered. It seems that her mother (along with her father’s other two wives!!!) planned it. The detective investigating the case falls for Picasso’s mother, Diana.

I listened to the audio and it took a little while for me to get interested, but it did get better. There were a couple of twists near/at the end that brought my rating up from “ok” to “good”. However, I didn’t think the relationship between the detective and Diana was believable. The audio is done by a few different narrators. I’m not sure I noticed if each of the wives had their own perspectives or not; Diana definitely did, but I’m not sure about the others. I do know I had a bit of trouble telling whose perspective we were listening to with the women’s voice(s). We followed perspectives from Picasso, Diana, and the detective – and at least one more. ( )

Sort of saw it coming ( )

I really enjoyed this book, especially the parts told by Picasso Lane, a spunky 11 year old who observes so much. This novel was told from the perspective of several characters. ( )

This book sucked me in from the start, and I felt that I had to keep reading to find out what happened and how it happened. I hope to never meet any of these people in real life, but they were compelling characters. A few of the situations and characters seemed a little implausible, but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of the book.

I enjoyed disliking and complaining about this book, much more than I actually enjoyed reading it, as such.

Full review on my blog. ( )