grisette_books 's review for:

Where Serpents Sleep by C.S. Harris

4.0

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4.3 stars

What a gripping plot! The twists and turns were surprising, rich and very entertaining. It was really nice the way the plot was tied with an historical event (

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though it did weaken the premise of how hussars would be useful to the assassination plan if it was to be so simply perpetrated by a crazy man, and I had a difficult time to imagine Epson being so careless to even speak of the plan in public - that said, all these did not detract me from enjoying the book

). I was moreso happy that the investigation was once again developped in a natural, organic way and that Sebastian is indeed becoming a better sleuth (though I shook my head at his last minute accusing Jarvis).

And I loved the intermingling of the personal life of Sebastian in the story. CSH does a great job in painting her characters, even secondary ones, with many layers (e.g. Jarvis and his deep, warm relationship with his daughter). Hero was a surprising woman, with nerves of steel that rivalled Sebastian's (except on that one memorable occasion