Like Katie, I looked forward to the story featuring a meeting of Mina Holmes and Evelyn Stoker. Initially I thought it would be a fun read. The overview certainly makes it sound fun, that's for sure.
Overall, I was disappointed with the book. Mina and Evelyn just seemed to have a constant desire to talk down to one another. Their condenscending attitudes just drove me up the wall and I really wanted to shake them.
Like Katie, I felt Time Traveling Dylan was just not right for the book. It seems like it overcomplicated things. Plus, we are left with a dude who just ends up stuck in Past London. I'm guessing whenever, if ever, he does go back to his time, it won't be the same as when he left it.
The author spent a lot of time, and pages, going into each of the girls strengths. When Evelyn arm wrestled Pix, I got bored and skipped to the end of it b/c I felt the author was taking too long to show us how strong Evelyn is. Personally, I think it should have been done at the beginning of the book the way Mina's was. By the time it happened in the story we already know Evelyn is supposed to be Buffy-like. And perhaps that was also my problem with Evelyn. Using the chosen one attitue I feel like Gleason was watching Buffy when she worked on this.
Overall, I doubt I'll read another book in this series.
Overall, I was disappointed with the book. Mina and Evelyn just seemed to have a constant desire to talk down to one another. Their condenscending attitudes just drove me up the wall and I really wanted to shake them.
Like Katie, I felt Time Traveling Dylan was just not right for the book. It seems like it overcomplicated things. Plus, we are left with a dude who just ends up stuck in Past London. I'm guessing whenever, if ever, he does go back to his time, it won't be the same as when he left it.
The author spent a lot of time, and pages, going into each of the girls strengths. When Evelyn arm wrestled Pix, I got bored and skipped to the end of it b/c I felt the author was taking too long to show us how strong Evelyn is. Personally, I think it should have been done at the beginning of the book the way Mina's was. By the time it happened in the story we already know Evelyn is supposed to be Buffy-like. And perhaps that was also my problem with Evelyn. Using the chosen one attitue I feel like Gleason was watching Buffy when she worked on this.
Overall, I doubt I'll read another book in this series.
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