{Audio Book Review} The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason

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.

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Cover Reveal: Scarlet Woods by Brooke Passmore

 

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Past, future, and love all exist in the door through time.

Modern and independent seventeen year old Morgan Westbrook thought she had seen all there was to her home town of Scarlet, Georgia, but one day while walking in the woods behind her house she discovers a mysterious door masked behind the trees. After admiring the door’s timeless beauty she walks through its entrance to venture into more woods, but what she doesn’t know is that the door is a gateway through time that takes her back to the year 1863 during the days of the Civil War in Scarlet.

Without knowing that she had traveled back in time, she stumbles upon Danny Carson, an attractive young man who is appalled to see that Morgan is wearing skimpy modern clothes instead of a nineteenth century dress. Although they find each other completely different than anyone they’ve ever known, they cannot help but feel drawn to one another. After spending time in another century, she discovers that she's time traveled back to the year 1863 and that the door took her there. For months she and Danny journey back and forth through the door to experience the joys of traveling to both of their centuries. When dilemmas of unwanted marriage, slavery, and war are thrown at them, they must face the perils that time travel has delivered them in both the future and the past.

About Brooke Passmore

I live in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and am a 22 year old young woman who probably will never fully grow up. As a kid I played with Polly Pockets, swam in my swimming pool practically every day during the summer, and went on vacations to Disney World with my family (favorite days of my life). I loved telling stories as a kid by playing with my Polly’s and dressing up like princesses with my friends. Eventually everything that went on in my busy imagination I wrote down on paper in the late hours of the night. 

When I was in sixth grade I moved into a new house with woods directly behind my backyard. I’d walk about the woods and loved trampling through the creek or getting lost in the trees. These trips through the woods gave me my inspiration for my book trilogy Scarlet Woods. My main character in my book is Morgan who lives in a house where the woods are right behind her backyard. My love for trees and anything woodsy definitely shows in my book and I hope I painted a pretty picture in readers’ heads about what Scarlet Woods looks like.

My favorite candies are Skittles and M&M’s. I put ketchup on practically anything with meat (even with chicken quesadillas). I’m a great fan of Florence and the Machine, The Beatles, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Birdie, and recently The Civil Wars. My favorite books are The Hunger Games, Shiver, and Wither. My favorite movies are Titanic and Gone with the Wind. The Vampire Diaries is the wonderful TV show I’m obsessed with (I’m a Delena lover!!). I hate ads on youtube that I repeatedly have to skip every single time I want to listen to the newest song from Glee. I love to smile, laugh, and purposefully sing loud and off key whenever my brother is around just to pester him. I have a cat named Phoebe who we named after Phoebe from Friends, a yorkie named Coco who we named because he likes to eat Cocoa Puffs, and a shih tzu maltese we named Indy after Indiana Jones. My favorite princess is Cinderella but I think my personality is a tie between Ariel and Belle so they’re all my ultimate faves. If I could choose a century to time travel to I’d probably choose the Victorian age, the roaring 20’s, the 1950’s, or the 1940’s. I think the Victorian age and the 1940’s were probably the most romantic eras in history and the 20’s and 50’s would probably the most fun!

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Trailer Sunday #5 The Future of Us by Jay Asher

It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as long - at least, up until last November, when Josh did something that changed everything. Things have been weird between them ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD in the mail,his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto their Facebook pages. But Facebook hasn't been invented yet. And they're looking at themselves fifteen years in the future.

By refreshing their pages, they learn that making different decisions now will affect the outcome of their lives later. And as they grapple with the ups and downs of what their futures hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing right - and wrong - in the present.