Karissa E. (ophelia99) reviewed on 4/21/2016 + 2527 more book reviews

I listened to this on audiobook and the narrator did an awesome job. He really distinguished between character voices and conveyed emotion well.

I ended up finding this book kind of boring. I almost stopped listening to it a couple times. I think the problem was that the plot got repetitious. Basically Ethan finds a clue, gets the stuffing beat out of him, heals, finds a clue, gets the stuffing beat out of him....repeat over and over. At times Ethan reminds a bit of a 1700's Harry Dresden...but nearly as exciting.

The writing style is decent with some good description. The pace is a bit deliberate and slow and the plot repetitious.

The characters were okay. Ethan comes across as stoically noble to the point where he does some pretty stupid things; while I admired his determination I thought he should have been smarter about things.

There is magic and conjuring in the story, but the story is more of a straight-up murder mystery than anything. The 1760's historical America setting is interesting and I enjoyed reading about the issues of this era and how they were reimagined with magic involved.

Overall this was an okay story but kind of boring. I enjoyed the historical setting and the descriptive writing, but thought the plot was repetitive and paced too slowly. The characters were okay but also a bit bland. I guess I would recommend if you are into historical murder mysteries and don't mind some magic in your stories. Personally I think there are a lot better urban/historical fantasies out there and I won't be reading any more of this series.

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