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3.75
funny mysterious tense fast-paced

_bea_best_'s review

3.5
funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Your experience of this book is going to hinge solely on how well your sense of humor lines up with Jo Firestone’s and I am pleased to announce that we’re a perfect match. This book was so silly and often made no logical sense and I couldn’t even describe the mystery to you because I struggled to tell the Sex Island contestants apart, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I also listened to the audiobook at a MUCH slower speed than normal because it is actually criminal to overly distort Firestone’s voice. Honestly, an absolute treat of a book. 
funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The book is fine but i feel like the plot wasn’t fully there and the book itself just felt all over the place.
The writing was very repetitive and kind of all over the place.
adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Marie Jones doubles as Luella Van Horn when she wants to solve mysteries. So far these consist of finding lost dogs until she gets a phone call to solve a murder on her favorite reality tv show, Sex Island. 
 Between the contestants, producers and the director there is no lack of suspects.  Can she figure out who the murderer is?

This was a great, light hearted (yes a murder book can be light hearted), funny read. It was easy to get into the characters and form and love/hate relationship with them. Marie was so funny while she tries to keep up the appearance of her alter ego. While I have never watched Love Island, I got the premise and loved it. I wasn't thrilled with the ending. It seemed to lack the thought that the rest of the book had and seemed like it was quickly thrown together instead of any thought put into it.