The summary of the book leaves you expecting a bit of a different book than you get and I do think it should have been longer, as we really could have used more time to get to know some of the side characters more and the pacing was a bit off to me, but I read this book primarily for Mel and on that front it delivered. You can tell Bonnie Langford had a lot of fun with this and that she really loves Mel as a character, and it's so nice getting an entire book dedicated to her and expanding on her as a person.