A review by scarlettletters
The Eyeball Collector by F.E. Higgins

5.0

I didn't realize when I picked up this book that it was part of a series. In fact, I didn't realize it until I got to the author's note at the end. It reads well as a standalone but I still want to read the other books. I love the setting... sort of a Victorian fantasy world. Nothing strictly speaking supernatural happens, but in the same style as A Series of Unfortunate Events rather improbably things happen and I believe the book is not set in "our world." It was quite dark and disturbing at times and I liked the parts that were like letters and newspapers. There were also some really fun riddles; I was able to solve a few on my own (well, there's the classic one lies/one tells the truth as seen in Labyrinth and other places).