A review by shelf_reflections
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

4.0

Stalking Jack the Ripper, was a story I quite enjoyed reading. I liked the timeline, I liked the characters, and I didn’t mind the romantic interest at all. In fact I thought he brought humor to the story. I didn’t think that the interest took away from the main plot of the book- which I was grateful for, because I find YA tends to get off track with the plot due to a romance. I predicted the antagonist at the beginning. Yet, the book was still enjoyable, I always want to know if my hunches are actually right with a mystery.


**Spoiler**

My only compliant was that some of the writing didn’t fit the time period. There seemed to be a modern spin with some of the verbiage. Specifically when letters from Jack the Ripper were being sent to the police, how they were written, I found something similar to text lingo. Whether this was intentional or not, I wasn’t a huge fan of the mixing and is why I give it 4 stars.
For a first book, very well done!