So I loved the first book, which ended with a kidnapping and a note. Thing is, to me it was immediately obvious from the note who the kidnapper was (it is signed, for fuck's sake). It didn't even occur to me that it was supposed to be a mystery. So I was pretty surprised when I started the sequel and realized that Grim... doesn't know? And then both Grim and the other investigators proceeded to ignore the contents of the notes and think about connections, and it took Grim 70% of the book to figure out what I didn't even think was a question. So yeah. That kinda took the enjoyment out of it.

That being said, the Grim-Argyle friendship/queerplatonic relationship is pretty nice.