I've read and enjoyed all of Jessica Strawser's books, and had this one on my wish list as soon as it popped up as a projected release. The books aren't completely my style, but I enjoyed the books. I'm not sure if it is this book, or if my reading tastes have changed over the last year, but this book was not enjoyable for me. There was just TOO MUCH going on. Maybe there are people who have this much drama in their lives, but it felt over the top.
But maybe it's just me - I have little patience for the newer tendency of authors to include elaborate back stories for every single character, for the characters going down the rabbit holes of 'what if?'. I've been known to go down the 'what if?' rabbit hole from time to time, but these characters do it ALL THE TIME and it was just SO annoying. This feels like it could have been a really great novella, but not a full length book.
I will probably read - or listen to - Strawser's next book, but I'm not looking forward to it as I had been with the others.