Like Allyssa, I'm not sure how I feel about The Clockwork Scarab. The pacing of the novel so far is very fast and a majority of the narration has been from Mina Holmes. Also Mina and Evaline have very similar experiences once they split up. They both meet a mysterious man and both seem intrigued by him. What I want to see is how Mina and Evaline work together on the case.
I also found it interesting that the author is using background for Sherlock Holmes, who is fictional, and Bram Stroker, the author of Dracula. I wonder why Gleason decided to use Stoker instead of John and Mina Harker. I don't know if it just has to do with timing of when Sherlock Holmes and Dracula take place (I haven't read any Sherlock Holmes works).
I hadn't thought about using Stoker over his fictional characters. That raises the question, why not use Doyle over Sherlock?
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