I feel the author crossed the line, that makes a cozy mystery cozy, when she let a pet die. Perhaps if she handled it differently it wouldn't have been so bad, but I found it callous and unfeeling.

There was too much going on that had nothing to do with anything, and I got bored. I understand the first book in a series may be a little slow, so the author can set up the characters, but that's not what this was. I put the book down and forgot about it, then today I was looking for something to read on my Kindle and there is was. It bothers me to have an unfinished book, so I finished it off. It did pick up at the end.

I would have given it more stars if it didn't have so many fillers, and honestly, I can't get passed the cat incident.