My Lady of the Bog is part Archeo-Forensic mystery, like the title says but is also part enchantment and magic. 

The first mystery begins when a perfectly preserved body of a beautiful woman is found in a peat bog of a small English town.  The woman is not only beautiful, but staked down to the peat bog, blindfolded and has a treasure buried beneath her.  Alexander Donne, an American anthropologist studying under a Fellowship is called in.  He determines that the body is possibly a thousand years old and also becomes infatuated with the woman he now calls "my lady."  Together Xander and coroner Wooland try to figure out more about the Lady in the Bog and her treasure.  Before the treasure is mysteriously stolen, however, Xander takes a book written in Indic and sends it to his mentor, Jai Prassad to translate.  Here enters the second mystery, Jai returns the translated book, which happens to be a journal of a Prince, along with news that he is now happily married in an arranged marriage.  Upon meeting Jai's wife Vidya, Xander is taken up with this new mysterious woman. As Xander begins to read the Prince's journal more strange things begin to happen with himself, Jai and Vidya.  But how will the journal unravel the mystery of "my lady?"

The archeology and forensic anthropology was what drew me to this book and I enjoyed those sections the most.  I wish the story would have used more evidence and found more clues from the body in the present rather than just having everything match the body from the enchanted journal.  However, the journal entries were written wonderfully and I could see how they would transport someone, even if they were not enchanted.  Xander's whirlwind relationship with Vidya also threw me for a loop.  Vidya's mystery was secondary, but almost seemed to take more importance at times.  The ending to the mystery of the Lady in the bog was well thought out and I'm glad that I got to know her entire story, even up to her tragic death. 

This book was received for free in return for an honest review. 

My Lady of the Bog is really a book with two mysteries which even though the two mysteries take place hundreds of years apart they are connected. This book follows Xander Donne, an American Anthropologist, as he is brought in when a woman's body is found in a bog in England. While the people who find the body think that the woman was recently killed, Donne can tell that the body (even though it is fully preserved) is really hundreds if not thousands of years old.

Donne does not have a doctorate and doesn't have as much experience as other anthropologists in the area so he fights to stay on the case. Donne develops an odd connection with the dead woman, who was called Albemarle, almost as though she was his lover. In the course of the investigation into her death another mystery occurs, this time in the present day.

In the beginning of this book I did like Donne but as the book progressed the more I began to dislike him. He was naive, entitled, seemed to be uncaring about certain important events that happened, acting idiotic at times, and seemed to bring most of his troubles on himself.

I really loved all the parts about archeology and anthropology in this book. Whenever Donne described archeology is when I was most interested in this book. This started off with a lot in regards to archeology but gradually it became less and less about that.

I wasn't really sold on the storyline with Vidya. I did like that it really connected with the diary of the Indian prince that was found with the dead woman's body. I really loved reading the parts that were from the diary. I felt like those passages were beautifully written and really managed to transport me back to that time. I didn't really like how Donne ended up kind of becoming the prince but I think that maybe that is because I didn't really like Donne but I did like the prince.

While the ending had quite a bit of action, I did seem to be a bit lost during it. Donne put the dots together to solve the mystery and did it so fast that I didn't quite understand it. I really did like the final confrontation though. I still feel like there are mysteries to be solved and that the possibility of a sequel was left open, whether or not the author intended that.

Overall I felt like this was a good book but it wasn't great. The main character tended to be unlikeable, or at least to me, and everything seemed to be wrapped up in a hurry. If you are looking for a book that is filled with mysteries and will transport you back to India in the 1300s then this is the book for you.

(This reading update will most likely be filled with spoilers. I will use the spoiler tag.)

Really?? Did that seriously just happen?

I am so annoyed right now by Donne. He is naive and entitled, and he is acting like a damn fool right now. I was really interested in the archeological aspects of this book but right now Donne and his behavior is ruining this book for me. Hopefully the mystery aspects of this really kick in and Donne stops being an idiot.

This has been really fascinating so far reading about Xander Donne and the anthropological find that was stumbled upon in an English bog. A young woman's body, that could possibly be hundreds if not thousands of years old, is found fully preserved in a bog and Donne is brought on the case in the beginning. Donne becomes strangely connected to the woman known as Albemarle. It almost gets creepy how connected he is with the body, almost as though she is his lover or something. Donne fought to stay on this case because he isn't really the most qualified (he doesn't have a doctorate and doesn't have as much experience as others do). I like reading about the Middle English gods and culture that Albemarle possibly experienced. So far they theorize that she has been sacrificed to a god or gods and that she was thought to be a witch. I am looking forward to reading more.