I've had this book sitting on my shelf for over a year, having a feeling I would love it, sort of waiting for a time I needed a more-or-less guarantee. Good call. Tess Sharpe will be an insta-buy forever. My favorite kind of straightforward prose, great dialogue, beautiful complex relationships. Also really enjoyed the murder mystery elements--I assumed early on I had it figured out and mostly was right, but there were a couple of nice surprises and it was a pretty satisfying conclusion even so. Also, as everyone's Token Straight Friend, I'm not really qualified to comment on the bi and lesbian representation in this book, but I don't remember that I've ever read another book with an openly/on-the-page bisexual protagonist? Would recommend to anyone looking for that in particular, though fair warning that it's not exactly a happy story. But a lovely, sad, messy, vibrant one.