Loyal Huber reader here, but I have several bones to pick with this Verity Kent installment.
Repetitive -- could have easily been trimmed by 30-40 pages.
No plucky gal pals -- Verity spends all her time with three men who are half or fully in love with her. After a while it's a yawn. Where are the interesting female characters?
Lord Ardmore -- I know it's the fashion for mystery series in print and onscreen to pit the main characters against a Big Bad, some mega-villain with vast resources and reach, inevitable intolerance for loose ends, no thought to ever being held to account. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't think THAT's interesting, either. Put Verity and Sidney into a fair fight with culprits on a comparable scale to them.
Repetitive -- could have easily been trimmed by 30-40 pages.
No plucky gal pals -- Verity spends all her time with three men who are half or fully in love with her. After a while it's a yawn. Where are the interesting female characters?
Lord Ardmore -- I know it's the fashion for mystery series in print and onscreen to pit the main characters against a Big Bad, some mega-villain with vast resources and reach, inevitable intolerance for loose ends, no thought to ever being held to account. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't think THAT's interesting, either. Put Verity and Sidney into a fair fight with culprits on a comparable scale to them.
While it is an interesting murder mystery, I agree with Brad's review, as I'm getting tired of Lord Ardmore myself. Time to put him down. And then there is the mystery of who planted the bomb in the general's dugout. Plus, doesn't Alex understand Verity is happily married?
Actually, I had a bit of a problem following who was who on Lord Ardmore's staff of agents, especially when it appears they were using the names of other people. And what's with the practice bombs and phosgene gas containers? And why is Micheal Collins in London?
Actually, I had a bit of a problem following who was who on Lord Ardmore's staff of agents, especially when it appears they were using the names of other people. And what's with the practice bombs and phosgene gas containers? And why is Micheal Collins in London?
