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Capturing the Devil
by Kerri Maniscalco
3.5
This was a very anticlimactic ending. If I didn't love Audrey Rose and Thomas, this would be getting a much lower rating.
The romance was enjoyable until it became the only focus. Suddenly, the murders and the mystery fell on the back burner. I remember the other books having a better balance of the two without the abrupt switches back and forth.
The murderer and the betrothal were two mysteries that were solved in the blink of an eye. I think that there should have been more connection to the Ripper in the previous books so that it didn't feel so out of place when it was suddenly relevant again. I feel like there should have been a new case and a new murderer instead of re-opening the mystery from the first book. The engagement was also solved off-page and explained in like two sentences, even though it was a HUGE plot point when it was discovered. These two things made the pacing wonky and some parts of this book were so slow to get through.
A lot of characters, like the cousin and Thomas' sister, had huge roles in the beginning and then were nowhere to be found for the rest of the book.
I'm left feeling very unsatisfied with this series. I enjoyed my time with the books due to the characters and the forensic science, but neither of those are enough for me to completely love these books.
This was a very anticlimactic ending. If I didn't love Audrey Rose and Thomas, this would be getting a much lower rating.
The romance was enjoyable until it became the only focus. Suddenly, the murders and the mystery fell on the back burner. I remember the other books having a better balance of the two without the abrupt switches back and forth.
The murderer and the betrothal were two mysteries that were solved in the blink of an eye. I think that there should have been more connection to the Ripper in the previous books so that it didn't feel so out of place when it was suddenly relevant again. I feel like there should have been a new case and a new murderer instead of re-opening the mystery from the first book. The engagement was also solved off-page and explained in like two sentences, even though it was a HUGE plot point when it was discovered. These two things made the pacing wonky and some parts of this book were so slow to get through.
A lot of characters, like the cousin and Thomas' sister, had huge roles in the beginning and then were nowhere to be found for the rest of the book.
I'm left feeling very unsatisfied with this series. I enjoyed my time with the books due to the characters and the forensic science, but neither of those are enough for me to completely love these books.