threerings 's review for:

And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander

2.0

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Ultimately, this book was a disappointment. The set-up was remarkably similar to "Silence in the Grave" by Deanna Raybourn, which I recently read. However, I enjoyed that book much more. The story here was completely predictable. It calls itself "A Novel of Suspense" but I found it completely lacking in suspense. The main character of Emily was boring, stupid, and fickle. I couldn't understand why she kept letting different men kiss all over her when she didn't even like them. And this in the Victorian period. Just overall this book left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The idea was good, but the execution failed.