A few weeks ago, I read The Beast of London, which was sent to me from the author in exchange for an honest review. I thought it was such a fun and action packed read! Click here to check out my review for The Beast of London.

Immediately after finishing the book, I found myself navigating to Amazon to see what the price of the next book was. $2.99 on Kindle?! Needless to say, I snagged it right away!

My thoughts:
Just like the last book, I enjoyed the writing style. L.D. Goffigan's writing style when she does action scenes is definitely my favorite! I saw a few typos and weird formatting here and there, but nothing too major. However, the repetition was a problem in this book (more on that later).

I enjoyed the storyline overall. The first chapter does a wonderful job summarizing all of the important things from book one in order to catch the reader up. I also enjoyed that things happened very quickly! In many books similar to this, I find myself annoyed by how slow the pacing is, while the characters keep repeating about how quickly they must move.

In my review of book one, I said that I was a bit nervous about the chemistry between Mina and Van Helsing. I am really happy with how they handled that relationship in this book and I look forward to seeing where things go from here.

Also in my first review, I said that I cannot wait to learn more why Mina can feel when a vampire is nearby. In this book it seemed like more people could feel the same sensation when a vampire was near. But it confused me a bit. Can everyone feel it, or just certain characters?

Beware, the negatives:
The repetition in this book happened so often that it started to drive me a little crazy. That being said, a lot of the repetition did make sense because it was mainly what Mina was thinking. She was so stressed out, and needed to pump herself up, so of course she repeated herself! Per usual, it's just my personal irk.

However, there were also passages like this where the same word is used multiple times:
"I felt a cold presence approach, and looked up to see a dark figure approach..."


Favorite passages:
...that same question had been fluttering about in my mind like a restless bird.

"Haven't either of you learned?" Seward asked, rising to his feet. "It's best not to argue with Mina when she's made up her mind."


My final thoughts:
Overall, I really enjoyed this read, just not as much as the first book. I cannot wait to jump into the third book!