Deanna Raybourn likes to take some of the most forbidden categories of human behaviour and weave them into her stories. I like that. There was homosexuality, incest, and suicide in Victorian England as much as there is today but with her skillful plotting and characterization, I think Raybourn giv...
A satisfying book. I’m not sure if it’s meant to be the end of the series or not. If it is, everything wraps up nicely. If not, I could see that working too. [Oct. 2010]
Definitely my favorite thus far of the series because we get so much time with the characters and less spent on the mystery. The mysteries are what push the plot along, but rather too much time is spent on them for me when I would rather have more time with my characters.I don't know why I have not ...
There are two things I loved about this series of books: Nicholas Brisbane and Lady Julia Grey...which is a good thing for the author because they are the main characters. The mysteries and intrigues of each book are great as well, so overall it all comes together to make for enjoyable reading. The...
You really can't go wrong with Deanna Raybourn. You really can't. She always delivers, whether it's tongue-in-cheek humor, or passionate-yet-reserved romance, or unforgettable characters with lovely bits of quirkiness. I love the fact that even after two previous books, Lady Julia and Nicholas Br...
The murder, in this one, was the easiest to guess ahead of time. But there were SO MANY subplots that I think you had to have some idea of the bigger crime when you reached the final bend in the story or you would have been completely overwhelmed by everything else that happened.What I love most abo...
Not as good as the first two books (the 2nd is my favorite so far), but still a very enjoyable read. The book did lag in spots--most notably when Brisbane was absent--and the mysteries themselves were rather easy to figure out, but the interesting characters more than make up for it. That is ...
I figured out many things in the book: the parentage of the mummified twins, the incestuous relationship between Ailith and Redwall and the fact that it wasn't Lady Allenby who poisoned Brisbane. I also knew how the relationship of Julia and Brisbane would be at the end of this book. All thanks to a...
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