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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
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
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Suicide
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
This is not a review, it's notes for me on why I DNF
Audiobook: 40%
Boring af. There was a murder and I want to know more about it and Veronica background. I don't care for the circus. I don't care about the romance. I don't care, give me the mystery plot I was promised.
Spoiler
Audiobook: 40%
Boring af. There was a murder and I want to know more about it and Veronica background. I don't care for the circus. I don't care about the romance. I don't care, give me the mystery plot I was promised.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Fun to read for the banter. So outside of the period that it took me out of the story, and I find the mystery part a bit dumb.
The title says it all....this is a beginning of a series and it's very curious. "curious" in the sense of a light-hearted stroll through curiosities of 1800 London. These include explorers, butterfly specimens, stuffed elephants, hugely large ladies, tattooed strongmen, and faintly villainous Professors who are joined at the middle to their Siamese Twin who communicates through accordion rather than words.
So maybe not completely light-hearted.
The main character does seem to be the target of mysterious assassination attempts, and she is dropped off under the care of an arrogant, irritated, gruff alpha-male who has terrible secrets of his own.
If you've read her Lady Julia Grey series and enjoyed them, you'll like this, too. Veronica Speedwell is as curious about mysteries and assured of her own ability to manage things as Julia-- with the added frisson of sexual confidence and experience. Stoker is just as tormented in his own way.
But this is not the emotional roller-coaster of that series. It's more of an adventure tale with lots of cool and eccentric side characters and interesting locales and scientific references to butterfly names.
An entertaining, delicious read. And, as the Julia Grey series taught me to expect, experiencing the hero and heroine's relationship's slow build will be as fun as ever.
So maybe not completely light-hearted.
The main character does seem to be the target of mysterious assassination attempts, and she is dropped off under the care of an arrogant, irritated, gruff alpha-male who has terrible secrets of his own.
If you've read her Lady Julia Grey series and enjoyed them, you'll like this, too. Veronica Speedwell is as curious about mysteries and assured of her own ability to manage things as Julia-- with the added frisson of sexual confidence and experience. Stoker is just as tormented in his own way.
But this is not the emotional roller-coaster of that series. It's more of an adventure tale with lots of cool and eccentric side characters and interesting locales and scientific references to butterfly names.
An entertaining, delicious read. And, as the Julia Grey series taught me to expect, experiencing the hero and heroine's relationship's slow build will be as fun as ever.
Very cute, I got a little bored mid-way through, the end was good
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
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