Reviews

Murder at the Seven Dials by Cara Devlin

donnaratcliff's review against another edition

5.0

What a great read! It cost me the best part of my Saturday because once I started I couldn’t stop and finished this great story in one sitting!
You are thrown straight into the story with the gruesome discovery of a murdered opera singer and the pace of this fun Regency murder mystery doesn’t let up from there. I love the added paranormal twist too, Audrey the Duchess Fournier has the ability to see an objects history when she holds it. This isn’t over used though but just woven easily throughout the story. There is also a delightful ‘will they won’t they’ thread between our two main characters which even this non romance reader enjoyed!
This really was an entertaining and delightful Regency adventure and I for one can’t wait till I have the opportunity to enjoy a future instalment of this new series.
I received a free advance copy of this for free and I am writing this review voluntarily and very willingly.

kerryanndunn's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed this Regency era historical mystery with unique elements: a marriage of convenience, a heroine who sees visions of the past when she touches objects with her bare hands, a snarky street urchin named Sir, and simmering sexual tension between the two leads. The characters are well drawn, the era highlighted perfectly, and the mystery was twisty, full of adventure with an exciting denouement. I wished for a bit more romance between Audrey and Hugh, but maybe it’ll develop in subsequent books. 

msanden3's review

Paranormal-esque with visions by touching objects. 

marquez's review

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? No

3.5

jvilches's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

amygibbs's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

hopevollm's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

An interesting mystery but I didn’t like the characters 

bookishghoul_96's review against another edition

5.0

The Duchess with a paranormal attribute and a connection to the murdered opera singer and the bow street runner with a connection to nobles (a frayed one at that). Can they work together and unravel who killed the Singer or will they fail and an innocent man be hung cause he would rather keep his secrets?
first off this book is amazing and I'm ecstatic about this being a series. Regency-thriller and everything nice! Riveting and thrilling all wrapped in one, I found the FMC to be unique, at first I did think for a moment hmm girl your trust should not be given sooo freely cause he super guilty.lol


thank you Netgally for an amazing read.

emicaino's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

tjazz's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5