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themandimonster's review
5.0
This was the most exciting Brenda and Effie installment yet! And what an ending! Looking forward to the next book which is the last one thus far.
jennyanydots's review
4.0
This is the latest in a series about Brenda, who happens to be the Bride of Frankenstein, running a B&B in Whitby and, with her best friend, the witch Effrygia, protecting the world from creatures that are drawn to, or try to escape from, the hellmouth under Whitby Abbey. Really, don't start here - it makes so much more sense if you read from the beginning of the series, and I've managed to miss one or two before this book. He seems to have changed publisher, so the list at the front of the book gives multiple editions of this work, but none of the preceeding titles, and I spotted it in the library without realising I'd had a gap! There were quite a lot of references to recent events that I just didn't get. However, to tempt you to give the series a try, here's the first paragraph from the blurb: "an outrageous Gothic adventure involving ancient vampires, miniature mermaids, the Phantom of the Opera and his hunchbacked boyfriend, a fiendish ghost who drives a limousine, Mr and Mrs Claus and all three Bronte sisters discovered alive and well in a secret base under the parsonage at Howarth with a sentient, stuffed Art Critic called Panda." A fun series and each book is so twisty that I defy anyone to actually guess what's going to happen next!
jwab's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
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