This is just an okay book. The three sisters are too stereotypical and during most of the story I’m thinking “Damn they are some messed up people” and not in a good way. You have the mean-girl who is successful but a total bitch. You have the bookworm who doesn’t know she’s pretty. You have the pretty quiet girl who is a total door mat. Most of the story is from the middle sister’s point of view and even though I didn’t find the girls entirely likable I did find myself rooting for them.

The mystery was intriguing but totally predictable. There is also a “Murphy’s Law” aspect to this story that as I listener I found myself getting frustrated at how stupid people acted or wondering really if that much bad stuff can happen in a few days. I did love the supporting characters of Mitch, Lando, Pete and Everett. The sisters’ parents are just as messed up as they are.

The book is billed a Humorous Romantic Mystery. Mystery and romance were there but as with some of the other Stephanie Bond books I’ve listened to her humor can seem like “I think that was supposed to be funny”.

I liked the narrator but my only problem is this is the fourth Stephanie Bond book for this narrator I’ve listened to and for the most part the characters were great but in this one some of the voices reminded me so much of the characters in other books I found it a little confusing.
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convoluted , great ( )

A humorous romantic mystery. Three young girls 13-17 witness a murder in lover’s lane, afraid that the murderer might come after them they make a pact not to notify the police or their parents what they witnessed.

Twenty years has passed and they are all home together. The promise starts falling apart and another murder occurs.

Fun, fast, enjoyable read. ( )

Fun read with good characterization and plot. ( )

Billed as a “humorous romantic mystery,” this book is certainly that. Great literature? No, but it is a fun and enjoyable summer read. There are holes in the plot, but it moves along at a good pace, and nothing bothersome enough to make me enjoy the story less. The romance is predictable, but pretty much par for the course of fictional romance. Sisterly dynamics and parents who have never married add up to lots of peacekeeping for the supposedly less successful, boring middle sister. Especially when the murder they witnessed as children comes back to haunt them.

Too many e-books are riddled with formatting and editing errors, but this one had relatively few, just the occasional misspelled word or wrong word. Better than some print books I've read.

I'll continue to read Stephanie Bond books when I want something fun, light, and ultimately satisfying. ( )