Holy convoluted sentence structures, batman! It's hard to parse out what is actually happening sometimes, the meandering descriptions and pretentiousness get in the way. I'm not sure if Ives is trying to impress with her knowledge of privilege in New York, or if she thinks it adds anything to the story, but I found it off putting. The actual plot is interesting.  The setting is fabulous.  I feel like I really could have liked this book, if there had been better editing; prune out the unnecessary and distracting verbosity, concentrate on the mystery and the characters more.  Meh.