Reviews

An Unnatural Vice by KJ Charles

obviousthings's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

tiggers_hate_acorns's review against another edition

4.0

An enemies to lovers stories - Nathaniel seeks to discredit Justin( a self-proclaimed seer) and write the story for his newspaper. But outside circumstances involving Clem and his family grow to envelop the two and bring them together to help each other.
This book didn't grab me like the first but I still loved the pictures that K.J. Charles drew of London and England at that time. I could taste the foul smog and envisage the narrow carriageways and then the glorious countryside.
Look forward to the next and hopefully the uncovering of the mystery.
4 stars

mlmcmrry's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

abbythompson's review

3.0

I'm almost mad at how good KJ Charles is .... except I love the books so much.

verityw's review

3.0

Liked this a lot once I got into it, but frustrated that the mystery isn’t solved yet! I was worried about the spiritualist side of this plot, but actually it really worked.

taisie22's review

5.0

Justin Lazarus is a medium in late Victorian London. Nathaniel Roy is a writer who's determined to unmask this fraud. Instead, the two find an almost immediate attraction to each other. But there's a lot of obstacles. Nathaniel lost his lover five years earlier, and Justin is determined to depend only on himself. Add in their involvement in finding the missing heir to an earldom, murder, and deceit, and you have a wonderful story.
This is the second book of the Sins of the Cities series, and I think one should read An Unseen Attraction first. Each story is told in switching POVs between the two heroes, and there is some overlap in this book to the first, but from a different POV. The author is excellent as far as her grasp on historical details of the time. She also did some great research on seances and mediums of the time and how they performed their 'tricks'.
This is also wonderful writing. The characters are very distinct, not always nice but realistic and true to the story. The missing heir is the impetus for the overarching plot of the three books. I'm curious to find out who is the murderer in the third book and how the heir deals with his new circumstances.

nicolesa's review

emotional funny tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

mariahreadit's review

2.0

I don’t know how to leave well enough alone

silver_lining_in_a_book's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

twinofarabella's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0