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The Lady Rogue
by Jenn Bennett
Note: I did receive an e-ARC of this from Netgalley. However, all opinions are my own.
Ya'll. I stayed up late reading again. I just HAD to finish this one and going to bed late one night? Totally worth it. The Lady Rogue is Jenn Bennett's newest book and this time she's dipping her toes into fantasy and I loved every minute of it! This takes place in in the 1930s in the Carpathian Mountains and you guessed it, we're tracking down an artifact owned by Vlad the Impaler himself. The main character, Theo, was left alone in a hotel while her father went on this wild goose chase and she gets word (via a friend/love interest) that her father has gone missing. Instead of listening to her father's message and going back home to New York, she drags Huck across Europe to track him down.
As you can tell by that summary, it was an adventure story and as soon as I started reading, I was getting The Mummy vibes (but like, Brendan Fraser 90s Mummy, not new Mummy) and National Treasure, etc. I loved the historical setting, the touches of magic and mystery and our main characters were witty and interesting. The tagline says that it is similar to The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and I have to agree! The language and writing style felt very similar so I'm confident in saying that even if you don't like historical reads, you will probably like this one.
The only thing that I did not like, that seems to be a common thread for me with YA books, is that the father absolutely irritated me! He is so irrational and "I'm the dad! Do as I say! Ask no questions!" Coupled with the fact that he seems kind of irresponsible, he just irritated me. However, that didn't really take away from the enjoyment of the book for me. The story between Theo and Huck as they tracked down her wayward father definitely kept me engaged. And like I said, this just seems to be a trend in YA in general lately for me and isn't a note toward the author.
Ya'll. I stayed up late reading again. I just HAD to finish this one and going to bed late one night? Totally worth it. The Lady Rogue is Jenn Bennett's newest book and this time she's dipping her toes into fantasy and I loved every minute of it! This takes place in in the 1930s in the Carpathian Mountains and you guessed it, we're tracking down an artifact owned by Vlad the Impaler himself. The main character, Theo, was left alone in a hotel while her father went on this wild goose chase and she gets word (via a friend/love interest) that her father has gone missing. Instead of listening to her father's message and going back home to New York, she drags Huck across Europe to track him down.
As you can tell by that summary, it was an adventure story and as soon as I started reading, I was getting The Mummy vibes (but like, Brendan Fraser 90s Mummy, not new Mummy) and National Treasure, etc. I loved the historical setting, the touches of magic and mystery and our main characters were witty and interesting. The tagline says that it is similar to The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and I have to agree! The language and writing style felt very similar so I'm confident in saying that even if you don't like historical reads, you will probably like this one.
The only thing that I did not like, that seems to be a common thread for me with YA books, is that the father absolutely irritated me! He is so irrational and "I'm the dad! Do as I say! Ask no questions!" Coupled with the fact that he seems kind of irresponsible, he just irritated me. However, that didn't really take away from the enjoyment of the book for me. The story between Theo and Huck as they tracked down her wayward father definitely kept me engaged. And like I said, this just seems to be a trend in YA in general lately for me and isn't a note toward the author.