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joooools's review against another edition
4.0
I got this book as an Amazon freebie and it was just pure happenstance that I opened it to read it as I had a few choices. I was expecting a seedy romance novel with a bit of mystery because the furthest I read into the description only mentioned late 19th century San Francisco. I was pleasantly surprised by the protagonist, a strong woman in an era where women were hobbled. I loved the book and immediately started on its sequel. Totally recommend.
elzap's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
hudsonpeeps's review against another edition
3.0
Super slow start for me. I didn’t really get into it until about halfway through. Enjoyable characters and mystery.
laughlinesandliterature's review against another edition
5.0
This book was absolutely fantastic. There was nothing that I didn't enjoy about it. I loved Annie because she was such a strong woman especially given the time she was living in. Nate was adorably charming and awkward and I loved that he worried so much about Annie's safety. I didn't guess who did it right up until the very end. He was so in the background for most of the book that even when I guessed I thought no it can't be. This was a fantastic book although definitely on the heady side. My brain feels stuffy in shock after all that was revealed. I would recommend this book to anyone.
susloswing61's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting book with a brave heroine and interesting love interest. I wasn't sure who was good or bad until most of the way through.
nesi_77's review against another edition
3.0
It only took me 5 years to read this book. Time goes quickly, I was on a verge of giving up completely. But my OCD forced me to finish it in the end and now I am glad I did because I ended up liking the book.
The begining was meh for me, and I’ve tried to read it few times over the years but got bored and moved on to other books. I’ve managed to get to almost half of the book, and recently decided to start again because I have my Goodreads reading challenge started and not many finished books. And because I had quite a lot books started, I decided to pick the book I already read quite a bit to get things progressing quicker.
So I was at about 45% of the book with my sporadic reading sessions, and when I got to about half of the book I finaly started to get interested. I finished the book in few days after I started reading it again. I might even be interested in reading other books in the series.
It was an interesting murder mistery in the end, it is quite well written and I could immerse myself in the time period. Also the main character is not too annoying, which is important. I recently read some cozy murder mystery (Murder by Pumpking Spice Latte I think it is called) and that protagonist was so annoying that I wanted to slap her.
I am actually wondering now why I finished that book in one go and this one I took so long.
I can see Hallmark Murder Mistery film series in the future, it has a potential, and that cozy vibe, it’s has murder in it but it’s also family friendly, without the gory details.
The begining was meh for me, and I’ve tried to read it few times over the years but got bored and moved on to other books. I’ve managed to get to almost half of the book, and recently decided to start again because I have my Goodreads reading challenge started and not many finished books. And because I had quite a lot books started, I decided to pick the book I already read quite a bit to get things progressing quicker.
So I was at about 45% of the book with my sporadic reading sessions, and when I got to about half of the book I finaly started to get interested. I finished the book in few days after I started reading it again. I might even be interested in reading other books in the series.
It was an interesting murder mistery in the end, it is quite well written and I could immerse myself in the time period. Also the main character is not too annoying, which is important. I recently read some cozy murder mystery (Murder by Pumpking Spice Latte I think it is called) and that protagonist was so annoying that I wanted to slap her.
I am actually wondering now why I finished that book in one go and this one I took so long.
I can see Hallmark Murder Mistery film series in the future, it has a potential, and that cozy vibe, it’s has murder in it but it’s also family friendly, without the gory details.