A review by foxon
Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn

2.0

Oy vey, how do you have a series with 4.5 books and literally only one likable character. It feels like every new entry simultaneously retcons the characters personalities while also having them in the exact same conflicts. Would you like to take a guess at what this book is about? Julia wants to investigate. Brisbane wont let her help for... reasons, honestly who the hell knows why he does these things. Oh, and he also reads her journal without permission. But he sooooo mysterious and brooding and we should love him because hes trying to protect her. Blah. At one point Julia faints after caching Brisbane in a lie and when she wakes up she says she wants a divorce which made me declare to an empty apartment Yeeees Girl. She doesnt follow through, which is truly a shame because the only thing he does in this book is lie to her.
This is getting 2 stars because I enjoyed all the natural history stuff.