Series: Stoker & Holmes #1
Narrator: Jayne
Entwhistle
Publication date: September
17th, 2013
Publisher: Chronicle
Books
ISBN-13: 9781452110707
Synopsis
When a series of suicides turn out to be
more than just that, Mina Holmes meets Evaline Stoker to go into action and
show them exactly how much of a Holmes and a Stoker they are and bring the
truth to light.
Now trying to keep their service to a
crown a secret and solving the mystery that has all the young girls in London,
they must dig deep and find out how the clockwork scarabs come into the
equation.
Review
I really enjoyed the Clockwork Scarab narrated
by Jayne Entwhistle, she did a wonderful job giving each character a unique
voice and keeping the story flowing. Jayne did a delightful job giving each of
the young male characters giving each one of them their one accent and making
them as memorable as Mina and Evaline.
Sadly I can’t say if this books is
appropriate for Arthur Conan Doyle or Bram Stoker fans, I have never read any
of their books (please don’t hurt me!), what I can say is that Colleen Gleason
took some great risks making them part of the word count, among other risks she
took along the book.
The author leaves the idea in the air of
possible love triangles, but romance really play a big role in this book, this
book is more about presenting the main actors and letting us know how Mina and
Evaline’s relationship got started.
There is a part of the book that may be
too out there for some, it took me some taking used to and it’s the fact that
there is some time and dimension traveling in this book, if you are not willing
to give this idea a try then this book is not for you.
This a fun read and what I truly hope is
the beginning of the Stoker & Holmes world expansion, I hope that we get to
see the characters undergo real growth, see them fight their way to their
happily ever after (if there is going to be one), I hope the mystery goes
deeper and really makes a great job unmasking the villains at hand.
Rating:
