This was a lot of fun! If you like Frankenstein and the Veronica Speedwell series, I can promise that you’ll like this one. It was dark and gory, but also lovable and engaging thanks to the characters. I had a really cool experience with this as my first 2-person buddy read, which worked particularly well in regards to discussing the murder mystery. I think I would’ve enjoyed it a bit more I hadn’t had such strong suspicions about who the killer was from quite early on, but the story is still laid out nicely; the explanations and motivations were believable and exciting.

Reading this also made me want to research the real-life Jack the Ripper. From before I’ve only had a vague idea and some basic facts down, but the details included in this story made me intrigued to learn more. It should already be bad enough with repeated murders of prostitutes, but the reality of the case was honestly a lot more grotesque and sick that I realized