I wondered how best to review this book and have decided that I will leave most of the talking to the dozens of reviews that have already been posted. Yes, I was late the party. Yes, it was because I saw that some readers had been disappointed. I chose to wait a while and read Ball & Chain when I was in the right frame of mind. 
 So did it stack up? Up front, let me say that yes, I enjoyed the story. I loved seeing Ty and Zane back together and I loved seeing more of Nick. The mystery seemed a bit far-fetched but that didn't really matter as I wasn't reading this story to follow the clues. Where I felt slightly let down was in the relationships presented. Firstly Ty and Zane didn't have the same chemistry as in the earlier books - sure, time had passed, they'd been apart and had changed, but at their core they felt different - too romantic perhaps? It also felt very much like Nick and Kelly's book and I felt they stole the show a little. 
 If I were rating this book as standalone, I'd rate it as a 4 but as part of the series, it fell a little flat, more like 3 stars. Maybe I'm being a bit harsh because my expectations weren't met and I'd rated the rest of the series so highly. So I'm giving a 3.5 - I did enjoy the book.