A Most Peculiar Circumstance

I couldn't really get into the story, which really disappointed me. There was so much promise to the plot, and it seemed to just exist on the surface. I would just begin to feel that I was about to get into some deeper thoughts, and a few pages later, the writing would fluff right back up again. I mainly stayed with the book because of the characters I'd come to love in book one.
What I didn't like:
The mothers that matchmake like crazy....literally
The girls who wear their hearts on their sleeve, so everyone knows who they care for
The young women who tease others about the state of their hearts...a pet peeve of mine in real life, which can be very hurtful
The ending up in jail way too many times, and the flippancy with which everyone regards the law
What I liked:
Katherine coming alive
Theodore's grandmother
Theodore standing up for the ladies
How the girls are always packing heat!