Title: The
Secrets of Ravelston
Author: Sergio Silveira
Review: Well
this one is tough book to review. I read
it and I enjoyed it for the most part. I
felt the mystery that took Jane over was not well developed that if it had been
me I would have just forgotten about it.
Why pursue something with so little interest. Yes, as the book progressed she found more to
interest the mystery, but I would have lost interest at the beginning and so
should have Jane.
I don’t know about his
being a YA mystery, it could be for any age, but the telling of the story did
slow the flow of the book down. Telling
and telling without showing gets old really fast. I was sick this last weekend and picked up
this book. I read it and put it down to
start another and when I finished that one I picked it up again and finished
it. A bit slow in parts, but not a bad
story overall. A bit tweaking of the
writing style would greatly enhance the reading experience and maybe a bit more
to grasp on for the mystery to start.
Jane was bored, but I still did not see that as enough to get her interests
sparked as much as they were in this Mary.
The ending felt a bit
rushed and well a bit strange for that matter…what the heck was really going on? Is what I had to ask myself too many times.
Publisher: Published January 20th 2012 by Self
Published
ISBN: B0070ORZGG
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 180
Quick Review: 2 1/2 stars (out of 5)
Why I Read It:
Sent by the author for review.
Synopsis: As a young and well-to-do British lady
of 1805, Jane Freemont's fate was solely decided by others. But her spirit was
that of of a fearless sleuth, determined to discover the fate of a poor young
woman who had vanished.
If you enjoy the
genres of the English novels of manners (Pride and Prejudice) and English
mysteries (Miss Marple), you will enjoy the Secret of Ravelston. It attempts to
put together both. It also has much satire of aristocratic, well-to-do,
individuals, who spend most of their idle lives attempting to amuse themselves,
and being served by countless human beings they don't see as real people.
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