Review: A hybrid of Victorian Romance and a cozy murder-mystery series.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2013
The clues surrounding the murderer were better hidden than the clues in the first novella. The story is well-written but, like the first novella in this series, it lacks substance, particularly in the way of character development. I would like to be able to "see" the main character in my head.The main character of this novella -Mariah- is loosely associated with the main character of the previous novella -Drucilla. This is an interesting twist to the murder-mystery genre; it helps flesh out the characters and the society in which they live. Still, I need better images of the main characters in the individual novellas themselves if I am to keep them all apart for the duration of the series.Having seen the development of the author's abilities between these two novella's, I'm intrigued to know more about this series.I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review.