Danger Unknown

 

***

PG

{V} {BSt} a little {TMP}

Could Probably Recommend

This was a pretty good book.

I didn't always feel like the writing was up to snuff but there were only a few of those moments.

There were a few kind of {Violent} scenes but I don't feel like it got too gory.

The relationship moments did get just a little bit much for me at times {Too Much Passion}.

And there ended up being a {Backstory} which played into the story but not too much.

Overall, it wasn't my favorite recent read but it wasn't terrible either and I feel like I could recommend it without a problem.

The Queen and the Knave

 

****

PG

Easily Recommend

I remember finishing the last one in this series and being quite intrigued by the plot twist at the end.

I tried to remember as much as I could since then as I looked forward to, what I assume, is the last installment in the Dread Penny Society series.

It proved to be quite an exciting finale!

I really was pleased with the amount of action (particularly at the end) and macabre vibes.

The only thing I wasn't keen on was the amount of characters of which to keep track and the somewhat complex storyline.

I found it a bit  confusing at times.

Anyway, of course it was super clean...no complaints in that area.

I would highly recommend this book!

An Oxford Murder

 

****

PG

{BSt}

Recommend

I read GG Vandagriff years ago when I started reading as a hobby again after my kids were all born.

I really  enjoyed most of her stuff but was disappointed in her regency romances.

It wasn't until recently when I was telling my mom about her that we found out that she had written a Golden Age mystery series since those earlier days of mine.

My mom tried the first one out and I followed.

We both found it to be quite clean!

I was thrilled since finding historical murder mysteries that are not offensive has been quite difficult for me.  There was a {Backstory} of an affair involving two unmarried people and a couple of instances of a stronger version of "Thank Goodness" (I don't know whether to count that as {Language} or not...probably not...so, like I said, pretty clean!

We are both interested in reading more of this series and crossing our fingers that they stay equally unoffensive :)

I feel comfortable recommending this book!

A Brazen Curiosity

 

***1/2

Strongish PG

{L} {BSt}

Possibly but not Easily Recommend

I went out on a limb here and purchased a book because one reviewer deemed it clean.

I know that wasn't super smart but I am still on the hunt for clean historical mysteries.

This first installment of the Beatrice Hyde-Clare mysteries was cleaner than a lot of other murder mysteries I have tried but it did still have some objectionables...namely {Language} and {Back Story} in the form of multiple secondary characters participating in affairs.  The language was probably mild according to most people...some soft swears and some instances of God's name in vain.

If it weren't for these two things I would have given this book 4 or 4.5 stars.  Although the writing was older style and a bit harder to follow I did enjoy it.  I don't know if the writing became less old fashioned as the book went on or if I just got used to it but I did find myself not having to focus as hard later on as I did the first few chapters.

 It was an enjoyable story and I was able to peg the killer about midway through the book.  I probably won't be ordering more in this series though and will hesitantly recommend it.