A review by adularia25
The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder

3.0

I really wanted to like this series. The premise is great – a time-traveler went back in time, created a major change, and set the entire future askew. It mainly focuses on real historical characters, which makes for some great cameos and wonderful historic background. But then the author takes so much time setting up the scene, the tone, and the characters, that all the action happens in the last few chapters of the book. Really, it does. It takes the author two-thirds, or maybe three-fourths of the book to tell the reader about the period of time, the characters and their real-life history counterparts, etc... that all the action is condensed into about three chapters. Wonderful for those who really love that history, tedious if you just want something, anything, to happen.