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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
girl what?!?!
Okay so I did enjoy this but I was expecting more. The ending didn’t feel very wrapped up because the actual murder we are following never truly got solved and the ending just make another conflict/situation. I am really interested in starting the next book to see where this story goes!
I went into this book thinking that the series is multiple different murders but from the ending I’m assuming we are still trying to figure out this case? Maybe?
So this definitely can’t be read as a standalone!
Overall, I did enjoy this and am excited to get into the next one but just a bit let down by the ending but also shocked at the same time!!
Okay so I did enjoy this but I was expecting more. The ending didn’t feel very wrapped up because the actual murder we are following never truly got solved and the ending just make another conflict/situation. I am really interested in starting the next book to see where this story goes!
I went into this book thinking that the series is multiple different murders but from the ending I’m assuming we are still trying to figure out this case? Maybe?
So this definitely can’t be read as a standalone!
Overall, I did enjoy this and am excited to get into the next one but just a bit let down by the ending but also shocked at the same time!!
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book is super fun and I really enjoyed it. It is set in two timelines: 1936, when the tycoon Albert Ellingham's wife and daughter are kidnapped and later one is found murdered; and present day, with the admission of student Stevie Bell to Ellingham Academy; Stevie, who is determined to solve the cold case. The setting is great, an old estate with sprawling grounds and a beautiful mansion turned boarding school. There are quirky characters from all different backgrounds and interests. An old mystery that slowly unfolds every few chapters, as a new mystery builds in the opposing timeline. Not everyone is who they say they are, and that can be good and bad. The characters are well developed, the mysteries are fun puzzles, and the book doesn't end! It is to be continued to the second in the series which I am starting now....
I really liked many things about this book, especially reading an accurate portrayal of anxiety disorder and panic attacks, but I hated the romance so much. So. Much. Poor dynamics between the main and their love interest often ruins otherwise perfectly awesome books for me. It's exhausting. I'm hoping this will improve in the second one, but based on the synonpis, I'm worried I'm in for the same "look he's using emotional manipulation and mind games to disguise the fact that he's actually just vulnerable and misunderstood!"
So first thing, this is ya. There isn’t anything wrong with ya but I didn’t know it was before I jumped in. I also didn’t know this was part of a series. A LONG series. Might be a fine series for a kid but this book didn’t have enough going for it to give me any desire to peruse. There’s two timelines and you get answers for the murders on neither of them. Also none of the characters used contractions. The narrator might have made this worse, but it was ANNOYING.
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No