Week 11 Review: A Grave Robbery

From Goodreads:

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud's. But when Stoker goes to cut the mannequin open to insert the mechanism, he makes a gruesome discovery: this is no wax figure. The mannequin is the beautifully preserved body of a young woman who was once very much alive. But who would do such a dreadful thing, and why?

Sleuthing out the answer to this question sets Veronica and Stoker on their wildest adventure yet. From the underground laboratories of scientists experimenting with electricity to resurrect the dead in the vein of Frankenstein to the traveling show where Stoker once toured as an attraction, the gaslit atmosphere of London in October is the perfect setting for this investigation into the unknown. Through it all, the intrepid pair is always one step behind the latest villain—a man who has killed once and will stop at nothing to recover the body of the woman he loved. Will they unmask him in time to save his next victim? Or will they become the latest figures to be immortalized in his collection of horrors?

My Review:
Oh, I had a fantastic time reading this book! I love this series, and the last book really had some good moments for their relationship, and this one cemented that even more, that nothing is going to break them anymore, and I'm so glad! 

I will say, that I had a different line of thinking of the title until I read the book (because I didn't really read the synopsis) that it was about a robbery, and that grave was in the lane of serious. But nope, it's more in the line of grave robbing.

This mystery with the wax figure that turned out to be a real, deceased human woman, this was their toughest case yet. Since they had nothing really to go on, I loved that they did rely more on their friends, because they needed the help in this case! 

Of course the mystery went and twisted on itself again and again which was really thrilling to read! But also, they did have a conversation about her propensity of plunging head first into danger, even when he tried to get her to stop, and how he's realized that he didn't want to change her, and asking her to stop would have changed her. So that was a great moment for them together, though it was tested in that ending! But it was so good to read! 

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait for whatever is next from Deanna Raybourn! 

Author: Deanna Raybourn 
Series: Veronica Speedwell #9
Read: March 12th, 2024 
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Historical Fiction 2024 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Berkley 
Published: March 12th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars