The Last Word (The Spellmans #6) By: Lisa Lutz

Plot:

Isabel Spellman is used to being followed, extorted, and questioned—all occupational hazards of working at her family’s firm, Spellman Investigations. Her little sister, Rae, once tailed Izzy for weeks on end to discover the identity of her boyfriend. Her mother, Olivia, once blackmailed Izzy with photographic evidence of Prom Night 1994. It seemed that the Spellmans would lay off after Izzy was fired for breaching client confidentiality, but then Izzy avenged her dismissal by staging a hostile takeover of the company. She should have known better than to think she could put such shenanigans behind her. In The Last Word, Izzy’s troubles are just beginning. After her hostile takeover of Spellman Investigations, Izzy’s parents simply go on strike. Her sister, Rae, comes back into the family business with questionable motivations. Her other employees seem to be coping with anxiety disorders, and she has no idea how to pay the bills. However, her worst threat comes from someone who is no relation. Within months of assuming control of the business, Izzy is accused of embezzling from a former client, the ridiculously wealthy Mr. Slayter, who happens to have Alzheimer’s, which Izzy and he are diligently trying to keep under wraps. Not only is Slayter’s business and reputation on the line, but if Izzy gets indicted for embezzlement, she’ll lose everything—her business, her license, and her family’s livelihood. Is this the end of Izzy Spellman, PI? The answer makes The Last Word, hands down, the most thrilling book in this bestselling, award-nominated series.

Review:

After the previous installment in this series I took a break from the Spellmans. I love the series, I own the first four books in hardback, but the last one made me a little mad. It was a good book, I gave it four stars (this was before the blog), but I was mad that Izzy dumped Henry. I get that she was bad for him but I loved him and I didn’t take things wells.

Years later I’m finally reading the next book. I’d forgotten how much I loved the Spellmans. How much I love them, but completely don’t understand them. Seriously they are right up there with the Adams family in weirdness (not gothic, just weird).

Izzy is finally showing some little bit of growth, but only after a lot of poor decisions. I spent a lot of the books screaming at her, she never does what I say, though. I love how all the ends are always tied up, even though it almost never brings a happy ending. In fact she always has to blind side you at the end with some horrible news and this book was no exception. It hits you right in the feels.

I love the series and if this is the last book I’ll be sad, mainly because I really want a happy ending or some kind of ending for Izzy’s romantic life, but these aren’t those kinds of books so I’ll understand if I never get that. That being said, if she writes more I will want closure on that front. We’ll see what happens.

4.5/5