Overall I thought this was a very satisfying follow-up to The Thousand Dollar Tan Line, as well as the series and movie in general. 
 This book really felt like seasons one and two. Both those seasons had one overarching mystery that was sometimes in focus, sometimes out of focus for the case of the week. Just like in the series, some of the big breakthoughs in the case come to nothing, and there are several false trails before really getting to the truth. Due to the different medium, Mr. Kiss and Tell focused on the bigger mystery more consistantly than each of the first two season of the show did, but at the same time, it was always made clear that this was not Veronica's only case, even if we didn't get to see as much about those cases as we would have, had this been a season long arc. 
 One aspect that I felt suffered due to the shift from 22 episodes to 1 book was that the characters other than Veronica didn't get much of their own storyline. This was more of a problem in Thousand Dollar Tan Line than it is here, and I admit that the story format had a lot to do with it (330 pages is way less time than 22 episodes). 
 Veronica has the main story line. 
 Keith, Cliff, and Weevil have an arc related to Weevil's lawsuit. Keith is also linked to the new sheriff. 
 Wallace is still working at the high school. Even though we don't get much detail, we get to learn how he handled catching a player buying alcohol, and we hear him reference having a date to go body surfing, so we know he does have a life outside of Veronica's interactions with him. 
 Mac mostly exists only in terms of her interactions with Veronica, but she also goes to dinner with old friends and we hear about her keeping tabs on the Sinclairs. 
 Logan though. I didn't feel like he had his own story arc. It feels like he's been given two traits, Navy Man and Veronica's boyfriend, and that they kept repeating it. We know nothing about his friendships or relationships at the Navy base. Yes, a friend of his dies and he chooses to go back overseas, but that feels more like the writers were trying to have an excuse not to worry about writing him anymore. In the show he had his own storylines unrelated to Veronica. I realize there's less time to show things like that here, but why not give us a glimpse into his nonVeronica life?