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An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Raybourn
4.0
Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for my eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Another amazing installment to a series I hope will go on forever!
Raybourn continues to find interesting plots and scenarios to put Veronica and Stoker into and one of the reveals actually made me gasp. And I don’t audibly gasp easily!
Veronica and Stoker are back in fine form with banter and hijinx a-plenty. I always enjoy how this series is written from Veronica’s POV to the point of her writing the events herself. I don’t know why but some books make this more obvious than others and I found this one to break the 4th wall more frequently which was fun.
There are a few devices used within the story that I am generally not a fan of (i.e. keeping secrets for the sake of someones ‘own good’) but I was easily able to overlook it because everything happening on page had sucked me in. Especially the fact that we are in a new location with a whole new cast of characters to learn about. Our tried and true side characters from previous books are still around but the majority take a back seat off-page to make way for some fresh faces.
I do wish we had a bit more from Stoker and just more of them together in general but it is understandable that the series of events would make them work separately for a while. Their relationship is one of my favourite parts about the series though so I missed that a bit with this one.
The mystery itself was unique in that it was more than what it appeared to be at first glance. I know these books are great at layering plot and mysteries but I felt this one went deeper than the synopsis hints at which was fun.
I always find it hard to review subsequent books in a series and since this is book 7 (!!) I don’t want to say anything that could be considered too spoilery. That being said, if you are up to this book in the series, I feel like you know what to expect and are here for the long-haul. I don’t see Raybourn letting us down any time soon.
The Veronica Speedwell Mysteries series continues to be a delight and a release I look forward to every year. With how things are left at the end of this latest installment, I truly cannot wait to see what direction Veronica will take!
To shop, see reviews and more, check out my blog at www.TheEnchantedLibrary.org
Another amazing installment to a series I hope will go on forever!
Raybourn continues to find interesting plots and scenarios to put Veronica and Stoker into and one of the reveals actually made me gasp. And I don’t audibly gasp easily!
Veronica and Stoker are back in fine form with banter and hijinx a-plenty. I always enjoy how this series is written from Veronica’s POV to the point of her writing the events herself. I don’t know why but some books make this more obvious than others and I found this one to break the 4th wall more frequently which was fun.
There are a few devices used within the story that I am generally not a fan of (i.e. keeping secrets for the sake of someones ‘own good’) but I was easily able to overlook it because everything happening on page had sucked me in. Especially the fact that we are in a new location with a whole new cast of characters to learn about. Our tried and true side characters from previous books are still around but the majority take a back seat off-page to make way for some fresh faces.
I do wish we had a bit more from Stoker and just more of them together in general but it is understandable that the series of events would make them work separately for a while. Their relationship is one of my favourite parts about the series though so I missed that a bit with this one.
The mystery itself was unique in that it was more than what it appeared to be at first glance. I know these books are great at layering plot and mysteries but I felt this one went deeper than the synopsis hints at which was fun.
I always find it hard to review subsequent books in a series and since this is book 7 (!!) I don’t want to say anything that could be considered too spoilery. That being said, if you are up to this book in the series, I feel like you know what to expect and are here for the long-haul. I don’t see Raybourn letting us down any time soon.
The Veronica Speedwell Mysteries series continues to be a delight and a release I look forward to every year. With how things are left at the end of this latest installment, I truly cannot wait to see what direction Veronica will take!
To shop, see reviews and more, check out my blog at www.TheEnchantedLibrary.org