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bessadams's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Homophobia, Death, and Grief
purplepenning's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
I'm never disappointed in Victorian steminist, Veronica Speedwell, and her partner Stoker — this series just keeps getting better!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Classism
Minor: Sexual content
layzuli's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Murder, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Alcohol, and Gun violence
kaitsbooked's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder
larareads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder
Minor: Lesbophobia
cpachet's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
mysterious
fast-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? No
5.0
I could live in the world created by Deanna Raybourn. I love how this book focused a lot on Veronica and Stoker and their relationship, the nod to a queer couple, and a bit of a palette cleanser after the intensity of the previous book. Love love love.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder
genny's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Another fun adventure with Veronica and Stoker, I flew through the audiobook. I infinitely prefer these self-contained mysteries over the royal plotline we got in books 1 and 5. Thank goodness we're (presumably) done with the latter. 😅 I only wish we'd gotten more actual "detective work", which is my usual criticism of the books in this series.
I will say that I'm glad Veronica and Stoker continue to be as compelling as ever, even though they're done with the will-they-won't-they phase. I was a little scared their dynamic would become boring (kind of like how Veronica fears that domesticity will change her, haha) but Raybourn does not disappoint 💘 They understand each other on an almost molecular level. This book had one of the most romantic lines ever:
I will say that I'm glad Veronica and Stoker continue to be as compelling as ever, even though they're done with the will-they-won't-they phase. I was a little scared their dynamic would become boring (kind of like how Veronica fears that domesticity will change her, haha) but Raybourn does not disappoint 💘 They understand each other on an almost molecular level. This book had one of the most romantic lines ever:
“You are not among the good that has happened to me. You are the best of all that I have known. You are what I searched for when I left that house and wandered this earth, boy and man. You are the part of myself I never thought to find because I did not even dare to dream you existed. You are all that I want and more than I deserve, and I will go to my grave thanking a god in whom I do not believe for bringing me to you.”
Ugh, my heart!
Content Warnings
Minor: Grief, Homophobia, Murder, and Death
lme417's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Murder
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