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A review by amybraunauthor
A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers
4.0
A fun mystery with a few spooks and some great twists, A DREADFUL SPLENDOUR is just the thing a reader can enjoy over a weekend. It’s well written, evenly paced, and more reliant on charm and investigation than actual scare.
The story follows an orphaned young woman named Genevieve who makes her living as a spiritualist—and thief. To get out of her most recent arrest, she is offered a deal to hold a fake seance to find the truth about a young bride’s death, only to wonder if she really has encountered a supernatural situation.
Genevieve is a good character, looking out for herself and remaining charming. She can be a little selfish, yet I still empathized with her tragic backstory and understood her true motivations. There were a host of side characters who were are suspects, though the actual murderer was a surprise to me.
Most of the book is slow, focused on the investigation of the estate’s occupants, particularly the aloof Mr. Pemberton, but I did truly enjoy the big twist at the end. The book had some spooky moments, though not as many as I expected.
It’s fairly well written, though there were sections where the secrets seemed to have odd reasons and there were some leaps in logic that I couldn’t quite grasp. Still, it’s a fun, cozy novel that can be enjoyed over a weekend.
The story follows an orphaned young woman named Genevieve who makes her living as a spiritualist—and thief. To get out of her most recent arrest, she is offered a deal to hold a fake seance to find the truth about a young bride’s death, only to wonder if she really has encountered a supernatural situation.
Genevieve is a good character, looking out for herself and remaining charming. She can be a little selfish, yet I still empathized with her tragic backstory and understood her true motivations. There were a host of side characters who were are suspects, though the actual murderer was a surprise to me.
Most of the book is slow, focused on the investigation of the estate’s occupants, particularly the aloof Mr. Pemberton, but I did truly enjoy the big twist at the end. The book had some spooky moments, though not as many as I expected.
It’s fairly well written, though there were sections where the secrets seemed to have odd reasons and there were some leaps in logic that I couldn’t quite grasp. Still, it’s a fun, cozy novel that can be enjoyed over a weekend.