The Spaniel's Secret

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Overall I enjoyed this book. The plot itself was good. However, parts felt repetitive. Details about the incident were mentioned more than needed and in way that felt forced for us to know and remember.

The book was longer than it needed to be. There felt like a huge gap in the story after the fire before anything relevant happened again.

Sunflower wasn't as central of a character as she needed to be or what I thought she should be. She came in what felt like late into the story and while she uncovered clues and help unsolved it, I felt like there could have been more.

I didn't like that Clara couldn't understand Lucas' job in Melbourne. It was easy to understand and explained well early one, but somehow she couldn't comprehend it.

I haven't read the first in the series, but I feel like there is a backstory with the characters like Clara and Adam's relationship that I don't feel like could be fully covered or covered well in the first book.