These Shallow Graves

from JennysBookBag.com

"Fac quod faciendum est." Do what must be done.This is a highly entertaining read! I thought about this book whenever I had to sit it down. I didn't want to sit it down. This is both historical fiction and a mystery. I love 19th century fiction as reading about how people lived during that time p...

from muddyboy

I read this novel from an ARC copy provided by the publishing company. There is not a single marking on it indicating it as a young adult novel but that is exactly what it should be. I was able to figure out virtually very twist that the book had to offer. The book centered on a wealthy young lad...

from melaniehope

I had read The Tea Rose series book by the same author and loved that story. This book was good, but I enjoyed her other books much more. In this book, Jo Montfort is rich and naive. However, she enjoys writing and yearns for a life of freedom away from her privileges. However, it is 1890 in New ...

from LaPhenix

The writing was mediocre from the beginning. The lesson in love that the reader is left with also seems a bit misguided. The forensic investigator really felt like a cheat, and I'm so over beautiful characters being morally superior. Lastly, the main character didn't work for me. With her forward...

from ShellyPYA

Jo Montfort has been raised to be a proper young lady, expected to marry a wealthy peer worthy of her place in society. But Jo has a secret; she loves to investigate and write news stories, something no self-respecting lady in 1890s New York should do. When her father accidentally shoots himself,...