Skip to main content

Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark (Lady Anne Addison Mysteries #1) by Victoria Hamilton: A Book Review

Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark (Lady Anne Addison Mysteries #1)
Author: Victoria Hamilton
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Romance
Publisher: Beyond the Page Publishing
Release Date: 2019
Pages: 271
Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review
Synopsis: After receiving a distressing letter from a friend, Lady Anne Addison wastes no time in traveling to Yorkshire to offer whatever help she can. She has no idea what she’ll find there, but she certainly wasn’t expecting to be met by tales of a werewolf terrorizing the area—nor the dead body she discovers upon arriving. Driven by curiosity and a keen intelligence, Lady Anne dismisses the notion of such a beast, but she’s nonetheless drawn into the mysteries by the secrecy surrounding her friend and the infuriating yet enticing Lord Darkefell.
With a murderer on the loose and the supposed werewolf ravaging livestock and terrifying the locals, Lady Anne puts her reservations aside and joins forces with the seductive Darkefell to get to the bottom of things. And though his nearness is a tempting distraction, Lady Anne manages to uncover one clue after another, unraveling the mysteries and drawing ever closer to the killer, even while her true feelings for the enigmatic marquess elude her . . .

My Review: Lady Anne Addison receives a strange letter from her friend that a werewolf is haunting her town. Hearing this news, Anne rushes to her friend’s house to see if the rumors are true. When she arrives, she meets the lord of the estate, Darkfell. Anne finds him to be very haughty and dislikes him immediately. As she investigates the werewolf case, Anne finds herself slowly falling in love with Lord Darkfell.
This novel reminds me of Pride and Prejudice but adds a mysterious twist to the tale. I find Anne to be a very likable character. She is a highly intelligent woman that relies on her wits to solve a case. She is also very unconventional and spirited. She breaks many stereotypes of a typical Regency woman. I love her relationship with Lord Darkfell. Lord Darkfell is dark, brooding, and mysterious. He admires Anne’s audacious spirit and cannot help falling in love with her. I find their interactions to be very humorous, and I could not stop rooting for them. 
Overall, Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark was a fun novel that had an enemies to lovers plot line set in a creepy atmosphere. The characters seem very realistic. The story kept me guessing. However, the only downfall was that it ended in a cliffhanger and the mystery was not resolved forcing the reader to read the next novel. Still, I do not mind because I am pleasantly content to dig into the sequel to learn what happens with the characters. Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark is a cozy mystery that is best to be enjoyed on a dark night under a full moon!
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars!
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Iceberg by Jennifer A. Nielsen: A Book Review

  Iceberg Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen Genre: Children, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Adventure Publisher: Scholastic Release Date: March 7, 2023 Pages: 317 Source: My State Public Library Synopsis : As disaster looms on the horizon, a young stowaway onboard the Titanic will need all her courage and wits to stay alive. A thrilling tale from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen!     Hazel Rothbury is traveling all alone from her home in England aboard the celebrated ship Titanic . Following the untimely death of her father, Hazel’s mother is sending her to the US to work in a factory, so that she might send money back home to help her family make ends meet.     But Hazel harbors a secret dream: She wants to be a journalist, and she just knows that if she can write and sell a story about the Titanic ’s maiden voyage, she could earn enough money to support her family and not have to go to a sweatshop. When Hazel discovers that m...
Post a Comment
Read more

Interview with Victoria Alvear

     Today, I have the honor of doing an interview with Victoria Alvear! She has written two short stories in the anthologies called A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii and A Song of War . Under the name, Vicky Alvear Shecter, she has penned Cleopatra's Moon , Curses of Smoke and Fire , Secrets of the Ancient Gods  series, Alexander the Great , Cleopatra Rules , and Warrior Queens . In this interview, Mrs. Alvear talks about her latest adult novel,  The Cleansing , which is a story about a Vestal Virgin who is unjustly accused of being sexually unchaste. During the interview, Mrs. Alvear discusses her writing process and her research. Thank you, Mrs. Alvear! What inspired you to write your book,  The Cleansing ? I was struck one day, years ago, when I heard an evangelical preacher claim that a hurricane hit Florida (and then years later, New Jersey) because of “lesbians” and loose women. At first, I laughed. Did they really believe this? Or was it just ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus by Victoria Grossack and Alice Underwood: A Book Review

Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus Author: Victoria Grossack, Alice Underwood Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: CreateSpace Release Date: 2010 Pages: 262 Source: My personal collection Synopsis: Young and beautiful, born to a powerful family, Jocasta is destined to become Queen of Thebes... trapped in a loveless marriage, she cannot save her firstborn child from her husband's wrath... left alone on the throne after her husband's death, she must contend with the dangerous Sphinx and contrive a plan to protect her city...charmed by a foreign prince, she does not know she is falling in love with her own son... My Review: Oedipus is one of the most tragic stories in Greek mythology. The myth explains that one cannot escape one’s fate. This novel retells the myth, but through Jocasta’s eyes. Jocasta is also a victim of fate. No matter how powerful she is as a queen of Thebes, she was powerless in preventing her own horrific destiny from coming true.      ...
Post a Comment
Read more