Title: Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club
Author: Alison Goodman
Rating Out of 5: 2.5 (Readable, but not worth reading again)
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2015

I loved the cover on this (yes, I judge books by their covers), and I really liked the blurb and the whole premise. But, I just couldn’t quite do it. Don’t get me wrong, this was a well written book and I actually quite liked the style. However, I’m really not into overly descriptive stories. Honestly, I could’ve done with ¾ less of the descriptive language and I would’ve been quite happy to keep reading this.

There were so many threads of hinted importance throughout this story. But after reading 25% of the novel, nothing had actually happened. Just lots of foreshadowing and hints of what could happen. I wanted some action! Honestly, whilst this story showed a lot of promise, I felt like it didn’t really know what genre it wanted to be in and what form it was going to take. Disappointing with all of its potential.

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