The Clockwork Scarab: A Stoker & Holmes Novel
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781452128733 (1452128731)
ASIN: 1452128731
Publish date: 2014-10-07
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
An average YA book. To tell the truth, I expected much more from it than it delivered. The story is interesting though: a murder mystery (kind of) set in an alternative London circa 1889 in a steampunk-ish milieu. There are murdered girls there, a secret Egyptian cult, time travels, and two intrepid...
The story was quite enchanting and very fun to get engrossed in. The mystery was there without it being over bearing. The different point-of-views were quite refreshing. This had everything from mystery to time travel to vampires with a hint of romance. There were some romantic elements, but tha...