A review by izumisano
The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken

3.0

While this book wasn't perfect, there was some elements I really liked in it. I thought the Alastor chapters were interesting and really fleshed out his character. He wasn't just a malevolent fiend with colorful insults. You got to see how his mind worked and what his weakness were. Nell's constant ragging on Prosper for being rich got old after awhile. She really didn't take the time to see that he was the failure of his family. There was also the weird relationship between Nell, Uncle B, and Missy. Some of it was explained at the end, but there are still some gray areas that bug me.

Spoiler

Nell knew that her dad (or the man posing as her dad) made a contract with another malefactor to get back at the Reddings for screwing them over all those years ago. I'm guessing she was mad at Missy for either letting her "dad" take her away easily or maybe not being willing to partake in the contract. But Missy seemed not to know about how involved Nell was with the malefactor situation. I'm also not sure why Uncle B didn't want Nell to have contact with Missy. Unless he thought that she would talk her out of what they were doing with malefactor business.

I really hope she clears these up in the next book. I have a lot of questions.