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Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
4.0

THIS WAS AMAZING!

I always love horror/thriller books but I usually am quite skeptical when it comes to them in YA, but this did not disappoint. This was just a really good murder mystery “retelling” and I recommend it so much!

Audrey Rose is such a refreshing female character to be honest, I adored her so much and her subtle f*ck you’s to society, she’s such a badass and doesn’t care what anyone thinks. I also really liked the love interest too, though Thomas is kinda an arrogant asshole at the beginning, I grew to love him and I liked him more and more as he showed his confidence and respect for Audrey.

It was just so nice to have such an empowering female character in a historical novel, big shout out to Thomas and Audrey’s Uncle for being feminists and believing in Audrey and assisting her in her many ~endeavours~.

Also the ending was pretty satisfying and I do like the fact that you could just leave it there and not carry on with the series as it wraps up nicely (though i definitely will be continuing!)

Anyway I just really liked this book and I totally recommend it, especially if you like historical fiction, murder mysteries or serial killer stuff! (Also!! shout out to the audiobook narrator, her voice was glorious!)