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A review by ccgwalt
An Unsuitable Heir by KJ Charles
5.0
5 stars for both the story and the narration by Matthew Lloyd Davies
This is a wonderful conclusion to the Sins in the City trilogy. We finally get answers to questions that started in book one, and get to see characters from both previous books again. It's been a marvelous ride. We start in An Unseen Attraction with the quiet proprietor of a boarding house,Clem, and his attraction to one of his lodgers. The two of them are swept up in murder and intrigue that is somehow connected to Clem's family (he's the by-blow of an Earl). Clem's love story and part of the mystery is solved in that book, but the search for the missing heir and the identity of a murderer is still ongoing. In An Unnatural Vice Clem's friend Nathaniel gets involved in his capacity as a lawyer and journalist to find answers. But Nathaniel is also doing an expose on spiritualist mediums in the city, hoping to shut down one in particular. As a spiritualist, Justin is the best, but when he is threatened over some information he has on some missing persons, he runs straight to Nathaniel for help. Nathaniel realizes his case for Clem is mixed up with these missing persons, and Nate and Justin dodge killers in the inky London fog to find answers, while also finding love.
In this book KJ Charles spends less time on the gothic-y Victorian atmosphere and more time on some very complex character building. Mark, and inquiry agent and friend of Nate's, is looking for the lost heir and finds Pen and Greta. I won't say much about the plot because it's worth coming to that without spoilers, but I will say the book contains one of the best representations of a nonbinary person I've ever read.
I couldn't see how this story was going to work out,but KJ Charles uses her magic to weave a wonderful, emotional, and satisfying tale.
Matthew Lloyd Davies was next to perfect for the entire series, and more so in this book when he keeps all the new characters as well as all the previous characters voiced consistently and well. There is not much to say about his narrative skills except, "Wow!" It's such a pleasure to listen to him.
This is a wonderful conclusion to the Sins in the City trilogy. We finally get answers to questions that started in book one, and get to see characters from both previous books again. It's been a marvelous ride. We start in An Unseen Attraction with the quiet proprietor of a boarding house,Clem, and his attraction to one of his lodgers. The two of them are swept up in murder and intrigue that is somehow connected to Clem's family (he's the by-blow of an Earl). Clem's love story and part of the mystery is solved in that book, but the search for the missing heir and the identity of a murderer is still ongoing. In An Unnatural Vice Clem's friend Nathaniel gets involved in his capacity as a lawyer and journalist to find answers. But Nathaniel is also doing an expose on spiritualist mediums in the city, hoping to shut down one in particular. As a spiritualist, Justin is the best, but when he is threatened over some information he has on some missing persons, he runs straight to Nathaniel for help. Nathaniel realizes his case for Clem is mixed up with these missing persons, and Nate and Justin dodge killers in the inky London fog to find answers, while also finding love.
In this book KJ Charles spends less time on the gothic-y Victorian atmosphere and more time on some very complex character building. Mark, and inquiry agent and friend of Nate's, is looking for the lost heir and finds Pen and Greta. I won't say much about the plot because it's worth coming to that without spoilers, but I will say the book contains one of the best representations of a nonbinary person I've ever read.
I couldn't see how this story was going to work out,but KJ Charles uses her magic to weave a wonderful, emotional, and satisfying tale.
Matthew Lloyd Davies was next to perfect for the entire series, and more so in this book when he keeps all the new characters as well as all the previous characters voiced consistently and well. There is not much to say about his narrative skills except, "Wow!" It's such a pleasure to listen to him.