Ivy is back and this time she is investigating her friend Candy. Ivy has noticed some drastic changes in Candy and wonders what is going on with her. When a bunch of accidents happen at the show Candy is working at Ivy is hired to figure out what is going on.

I liked Ivy in this latest installment. Sometimes she can be stubborn and not that great at being a PI but I feel like she was much better at investigating and was very likeable. I didn't really like Candy much during this book. Candy definitely changed and she was treating Ivy like garbage. Personally I felt like Ivy should have just dropped Candy as a friend.

One thing I didn't like about this book is Ivy's relationship with Matt. I don't feel like there head been any growth to the relationship and their interactions at this point are boring and repetitive. I'd either like to see growth in their relationship or Ivy with someone else.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the galley.

I had a hard time getting through this latest installment in the series. For the first half of the book I didn't really care about what was going on. Once the second half of the book rolled around I was definitely more interested in the book. Usually I've been a big fan of Ivy but for this one I wasn't. She seemed especially bad with her P.I. skills in this one and I wasn't a big fan of her relationship with Matt in this book. I am still interested in seeing what happens next in this series.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the galley.

The more that I read this series the more that I love how reliably good it is. I don't have to worry when I pick up a new book in this series because I know that I'll be swept away with Ivy into the theater and her latest murder mystery.

I really love following Ivy. She is very likeable and you can't help but root for her whenever she helps her uncle out with his private investigator business. This time they find themselves on a cruise ship investigating and string of thefts on the cruise line. Ivy is working undercover in the ships musical adaptation of Oliver. 

I didn't think that the mystery behind the thefts was very hard to figure out but they were some other mysteries that were difficult to figure out (just a death or two). You really didn't know who Ivy could trust as everyone seemed a bit sketchy. As if that wasn't enough Ivy also had to worry about her brother after he ran away from his group home to find his missing friend Stu.

I really look forward to reading more of this series and especially to seeing what happens between Ivy and Matt. Thanks to Netgalley and Henery Press for the galley.

I'm a huge fan of Henery Press mysteries, but not a huge fan of drama, acting, drama...so take my lukewarm review in context.

I liked Ivy but struggled to respect her; she carries her past to heavily and allows it to overly define her.  She's still blaming herself for an accident she couldn't control when she was a child, even after therapy.  The rest of the cast of characters were mostly throwaways and as such not worth remembering.  Ivy's uncle seems as though he'll not only be a recurring character, but the humorous relief in future mysteries.

The plot was...so-so.  It was great because I never even guessed the culprit but meh because when the murderer was revealed I didn't feel any sense of urgency or tension.  Again, probably more to do with my lack of interest in what happens behind the theatre curtain.

All in all, well written and engaging.  Despite my enthusiasm the story held me in when lesser writing would have given me the excuse to put down the book and walk away.

#2?  ehhh, maybe.