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A review by sarah_moynihan
Gossip and Gorgons by Tilly Wallace
4.0
'One look could turn you to stone...
The newly married Lord and Lady Wycliff are cordially invited to a house party--to be mocked and ridiculed as entertainment. Wycliff insists on attending to discuss business with the host, while Hannah longs to hide in the library with its rare volumes on the Fae.
Bound to Wycliff even beyond death, Hannah wonders how she will survive the week--when a guest unexpectedly expires. A notorious cad is discovered turned into a statue in the garden. The dead lord had many enemies, including Lord Wycliff.
Hannah's accord with her husband is tested when a trail of footprints leads to their window. What secret is Wycliff hiding and does he know more about the magical death than he admits? Someone among the house guests has murder on their mind and the newlyweds need to determine who, before anyone else is immortalised as stone... '
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3.5 stars, rounded up to 4 stars.
Gossip and Gorgons is the third book in Tilly Wallace's Manners and Monsters series, which is a historical mystery series set in a London in which supernatural and magical beings co-exist within society.
I'm still really enjoying the series and loving learning more about Wycliff, as this is very much the book to learn more about him. His gruff and secretive nature is explained, but there are still more secrets that he is holding close to this chest. The author continues to expand the supernatural aspect of the London that this series takes place in, which everything that I want for this series so I'm content. But I did find that this book was not nearly as strong as the previous book and that is largely because the author tipped her hand about the villian of the book far too soon. She gave a very heavy hint, before the first death has even occurred and that paired with the title is a dead give away. So again I found myself a bit put out when they still hadn't managed to solve it, despite already coming across the answer...only to then discard the possibility. Although I did feel vindicated when the character who initially managed to solve it made sure that others were aware that they had already come to that conclusion and had been disregarded. Good for them for spelling that out for everyone. Sure it was a bit petty, but it needed to be said.
Despite the kind of anti-climactic mystery for me, I still really enjoyed the book and it was lovely to see that thinks are beginning to develope part the point of awkwardness and occasional hostility between Wycliff and Hannah. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series and readin Walace's take on vampires.
The newly married Lord and Lady Wycliff are cordially invited to a house party--to be mocked and ridiculed as entertainment. Wycliff insists on attending to discuss business with the host, while Hannah longs to hide in the library with its rare volumes on the Fae.
Bound to Wycliff even beyond death, Hannah wonders how she will survive the week--when a guest unexpectedly expires. A notorious cad is discovered turned into a statue in the garden. The dead lord had many enemies, including Lord Wycliff.
Hannah's accord with her husband is tested when a trail of footprints leads to their window. What secret is Wycliff hiding and does he know more about the magical death than he admits? Someone among the house guests has murder on their mind and the newlyweds need to determine who, before anyone else is immortalised as stone... '
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3.5 stars, rounded up to 4 stars.
Gossip and Gorgons is the third book in Tilly Wallace's Manners and Monsters series, which is a historical mystery series set in a London in which supernatural and magical beings co-exist within society.
I'm still really enjoying the series and loving learning more about Wycliff, as this is very much the book to learn more about him. His gruff and secretive nature is explained, but there are still more secrets that he is holding close to this chest. The author continues to expand the supernatural aspect of the London that this series takes place in, which everything that I want for this series so I'm content. But I did find that this book was not nearly as strong as the previous book and that is largely because the author tipped her hand about the villian of the book far too soon. She gave a very heavy hint, before the first death has even occurred and that paired with the title is a dead give away. So again I found myself a bit put out when they still hadn't managed to solve it, despite already coming across the answer...only to then discard the possibility. Although I did feel vindicated when the character who initially managed to solve it made sure that others were aware that they had already come to that conclusion and had been disregarded. Good for them for spelling that out for everyone. Sure it was a bit petty, but it needed to be said.
Despite the kind of anti-climactic mystery for me, I still really enjoyed the book and it was lovely to see that thinks are beginning to develope part the point of awkwardness and occasional hostility between Wycliff and Hannah. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series and readin Walace's take on vampires.