A review by runa
Behind the Curtain by Peter Abrahams

3.0

These books are so meh! The mysteries are KIND of compelling, compelling enough for me to keep reading, but reluctantly, and throughout the whole story I just kept wanting it to be over. The mysteries are ridiculously predictable, and I get that it's supposed to be a Sherlock Holmes parallel (a series I haven't read, so I can't comment much on that), but it's just dull. Take a look at any other YA novel/mystery and it is written in a way where the stories and characters come to life, with plenty of plot twists and developed characters. The characters in this are unbearably flat, particularly Ingrid, and nothing much happens, and there is just a lot better out there. I think I'm done with this series. As much as I hate to leave a series unfinished, I don't think I want to go through book 3. There's nothing there to keep me interested.