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rbookish's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i love this book so much
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Terminal illness, and Violence
saramackenzi's review
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This is a series I was excited to start just because of the title, I didn’t even need to read the description to want to pick it up. I really love the concept of using a real-life event for a fiction book. I loved having a female character in the 1800s who wasn’t typical. While some of the “I’m not like other girls” trope was played up a bit, I still liked it.
I think one of my biggest issues with the book is the fact that I figured out who the killer was halfway through the book. While I didn’t have every detail figured out, I was pretty close. As this is a mystery book, I’m not too big of a fan when I can guess who it is but I digress.
I also was a bit annoyed with Audrey Rose throughout the book. With her constant back and forth on who did it, her inner dialogue, for the most part, was just her going back and forth on the killer as well as wondering why she finds a man attractive. . . it’s because you’re 17 girlfriend, what did you expect?
And her love interest who she has decided she shouldn’t like but sorta does is very one-dimensional. The reader barely gets any information about it him so I’m a bit confused about how Audrey Rose has somehow fallen for the man who is a concrete wall of emotions.
She just seemed to stumble upon clues throughout the book like hello??
I swear I did enjoy parts of this book and while others have said it’s slow and boring, I thought the pacing was fine and I did like the story. I have the next two books so I’m definitely going to continue the series. I just hope the mystery will be a bit harder to solve and I hope we see
I think one of my biggest issues with the book is the fact that I figured out who the killer was halfway through the book. While I didn’t have every detail figured out, I was pretty close. As this is a mystery book, I’m not too big of a fan when I can guess who it is but I digress.
I also was a bit annoyed with Audrey Rose throughout the book. With her constant back and forth on who did it, her inner dialogue, for the most part, was just her going back and forth on the killer as well as wondering why she finds a man attractive. . . it’s because you’re 17 girlfriend, what did you expect?
And her love interest who she has decided she shouldn’t like but sorta does is very one-dimensional. The reader barely gets any information about it him so I’m a bit confused about how Audrey Rose has somehow fallen for the man who is a concrete wall of emotions.
She just seemed to stumble upon clues throughout the book like hello??
I swear I did enjoy parts of this book and while others have said it’s slow and boring, I thought the pacing was fine and I did like the story. I have the next two books so I’m definitely going to continue the series. I just hope the mystery will be a bit harder to solve and I hope we see
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Sexism, and Torture
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