Secrets To Reveal

Great read thoroughly enjoyed the links to historical events, unusual story line and the romance.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Interesting characters and a plot with twists and turns that made me unable to put the book down.

It’s an interesting take on supernatural historical romance/mystery/suspense genre and I wish there were more books like this… however there were a couple issues that weren’t resolved or explained.

1. The fact that Aster plays “the sister” and yet it is repeatedly said Simmons had no family. For being spies this is a MAJOR hing to miss.

2. People’s inability to remember Aster, it seemed more supernatural than just her being average and forgettable. I mean Lady Merton remembered her and even saw her as a rival, yet other’s just seemed to forget she was even in the room (e.g. when she was with Quinn when he was playing Albert at the button factory, or when the guys that kidnap Sir John forget the maid, aka Aster, who took the book and disappeared when “she went to get Simmons”.)

3. The dog gets very much forgotten and left out after they return from the cottage. He’s mentioned but plays a very small part, it’s a complete turn around from the beginning of the story where he is a constant.

4. Several actions are mentioned, like Alick following Aster, But there’s never any follow through. In fact it happens a couple more times. Characters say something and then it is done off screen and or completely forgotten.

5. The timeline is non existent and the flow of time is hard to gage. By the end it says a few weeks have gone by but I could only count about 2.

Overall it’s a fun little story with a few issues but its different from the myriad of other stories that seem to forget their own plot in favour of the shallow romance the characters are playing at.
The romance here is fun and feels like a natural progression even if the timeline is a little funky.