Author: C.J. Archer
Series: The Ministry of Curiosities #9
Genre: Paranormal/Historical Fantasy/Romance
Publisher: Self-pub
Publication Date: December 5th, 2017
Edition: Kindle Edition
Source: Purchased
Purchase: Amazon US | Barnes & Noble | BAM | Bookshop | Powell's
Synopsis:
With the wedding only days away, the Ministry is thrown into turmoil when another murder is committed by a shape-shifter. But this time the newspapers make the connection to werewolves – and the Ministry. Suddenly the attention is focused on Lichfield Towers and its residents as the police investigate and parliament wants to shut the organization down.
It could spell the end of everything Charlie has come to love.
As the authorities close in and ministry secrets are exposed, past allies can no longer be trusted. Can Charlie save her home, her loved ones, and herself? Or will she lose Lincoln and her friends forever?
It could spell the end of everything Charlie has come to love.
As the authorities close in and ministry secrets are exposed, past allies can no longer be trusted. Can Charlie save her home, her loved ones, and herself? Or will she lose Lincoln and her friends forever?
My feelings for this book are slightly conflicted. On one hand, the plot was less meandering. But on the other that makes the previous couple of books feel pointless and messy in hindsight.
There was a lot going on in this book as well, and not all of it was as connected as it could have been.
There was a desperate attempt to tie in what was going on with Alice with the shifter stuff, and it was messy. I was also deeply disappointed in not getting to actually see the wedding ceremony. Something that's been hyped up for the past 4-5 books. And I wanted to see something of it. "over in a flash", the book was overloaded with Alice, a character that has been given nothing since we met her and has no personality as a character. Why Seth is interested in her is beyond me.
All that aside, this book was more or less Charlie running around and yelling at people. While I generally like her spunk, she didn't use her head and think things through as much as she has in previous books. All the characters in his book felt very disconnected from each other, as they were all out doing their own thing.
I think what could have worked better is if the Shifter stuff had been solved in the previous book, and this book had more focus on what was going on with Alice since the next book is going to be her and Seth's book. We need more time with her as a character before her solo book, as we don't really know anything about her. It would also help make this book less cluttered with extra stuff.
Because on top of the resolution of the shifter stuff, and some of what is going on with Alice, there's also the Royal family drama and drama with Lady Harcourt. While I don't hate where her character went the way some people seem to, it makes sense that she "became" a vindictive and possessive of Lincoln. It was obvious from the first book that she was like that. She wanted to keep Charlie away from him once it was discovered she was a woman and then tried to set him up with a bride who she knew he'd be unhappy with in hopes that he'd turn to her bed. But the way it was resolved was underwhelming. It could have been done better, and actually some justice for the things she did do.
Aside from the wedding itself, we've also been teased for the past several books for Charlie and Lincoln's wedding night, and it was a fade to black for the end. We could have been given way more than we were for how much teasing the author has done for the past... the whole series. Especially since the last book, as far as I know, doesn't have much of either Lincoln or Charlie if any. I'm not even sure I'm going to read it.
There was a lot going on in this book as well, and not all of it was as connected as it could have been.
There was a desperate attempt to tie in what was going on with Alice with the shifter stuff, and it was messy. I was also deeply disappointed in not getting to actually see the wedding ceremony. Something that's been hyped up for the past 4-5 books. And I wanted to see something of it. "over in a flash", the book was overloaded with Alice, a character that has been given nothing since we met her and has no personality as a character. Why Seth is interested in her is beyond me.
All that aside, this book was more or less Charlie running around and yelling at people. While I generally like her spunk, she didn't use her head and think things through as much as she has in previous books. All the characters in his book felt very disconnected from each other, as they were all out doing their own thing.
I think what could have worked better is if the Shifter stuff had been solved in the previous book, and this book had more focus on what was going on with Alice since the next book is going to be her and Seth's book. We need more time with her as a character before her solo book, as we don't really know anything about her. It would also help make this book less cluttered with extra stuff.
Because on top of the resolution of the shifter stuff, and some of what is going on with Alice, there's also the Royal family drama and drama with Lady Harcourt. While I don't hate where her character went the way some people seem to, it makes sense that she "became" a vindictive and possessive of Lincoln. It was obvious from the first book that she was like that. She wanted to keep Charlie away from him once it was discovered she was a woman and then tried to set him up with a bride who she knew he'd be unhappy with in hopes that he'd turn to her bed. But the way it was resolved was underwhelming. It could have been done better, and actually some justice for the things she did do.
Aside from the wedding itself, we've also been teased for the past several books for Charlie and Lincoln's wedding night, and it was a fade to black for the end. We could have been given way more than we were for how much teasing the author has done for the past... the whole series. Especially since the last book, as far as I know, doesn't have much of either Lincoln or Charlie if any. I'm not even sure I'm going to read it.
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