Reviews

The Undertakers, by Nicole Glover

robotsocks's review

3.0

I really do enjoy this series, although I find all the characters a bit difficult to keep track of at times. Other than that, the action scenes were particularly well written, and the casually queer side characters make me really happy to see.

emblan's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

suzannemseidel's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

So full and fun to read

wisecraic's review

adventurous 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

4.0

fenemiestolovers's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! It was a fun trip to the past from an underrepresented point of view. I was surprised at the diversity of the characters and I loved the relationships between all of them. It took a little bit of time to really get into it but around halfway through I really got invested in the mystery and the characters! Great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, Slavery, and Gun violence

Minor: Grief, Transphobia, Blood, and Death of parent

breq's review

I really enjoyed the first book and I wanted to like this one, but I just could NOT get into it.

jasallbooked's review

4.0

3.5

annarella's review

5.0

The first book in this series was brilliant and I loved the mix of alternate history, mystery, and fantasy.
This one was another riveting and gripping read.
Excellent storytelling and world building, good character development.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

neldab_reads's review

2.0

I read the first book "Conductors," and though I didn't love it, I thought it had a lot of potential. When I saw this book, I was hoping that the author expanded a bit more and fixed some of the tweaks I had in my head. However, it felt like a lot of filler with historical and contextual writing. The "mystery" still didn't feel like an actual mystery which was some of my faults with "Conductors". I also don't like the relationship between Hetty and Benjy. I completely understand how and why it's written the way it is, but I still don't like it and hoped for more development on that front as well in book two. This story did feel a bit much like a reprise rather than a sequel, and I found it hard to push through.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

ecze's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0