Accompanied by a young Chinese sailor named Yi-kin, her feline guardian Mina, and a mysterious scholar, Stephen, Diana will begin a journey to solve the mystery of her husband's death and prevent the apocalypse. (Goodreads)
Major thanks to the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
I'm struggling with where to start this review. I enjoyed this book--the world was a great deal of fun, I felt drawn in to the adventures of Diana, and I was curious to find out what happened. Really, the main issue I had with the story was that I wasn't really drawn to Diana. At the end of the book, I still didn't feel like I had any connection with her. I imagine this is a personal thing, but I kind of just didn't care for her much. I was honestly much more drawn to Yi-Kin and found him very interesting, and wished I'd seen more of him. The book did traverse a great deal of ground, which was well done and interesting from a historical perspective (and made me miss San Francisco fiercely). Overall, I think it was more my personal taste that left me not particularly getting sucked into this one, and others will feel differently. It's a fun read, and if you enjoy a good historical with a paranormal bent, this is one you might want to take a look at.
Have you heard of this one? Have another historical paranormal you love?
Sometimes you just connect with the male character more, right?
ReplyDeleteTotally! I don't know why always, but it is true :)
DeleteI've read my share of books where I connected more with a minor character than the MC. I think I have a soft spot for minor characters though. :)
ReplyDeletelol, I hear ya! Sometimes I find myself loving them far more than the MC :)
DeleteThat's happened to me too, not being able to connect to the mc. But at least you were able to connect to another character. Sounds like one heck of a story though! Great cover too. (:
ReplyDeleteIt is a great cover, right? I totally love it!
DeleteFirst I've heard of this one. It makes me think a bit of Gail Carriger's Soulless series. This definitely has a rockin' cover tho. It's how I've imagined myself in a few daydreams... =D
ReplyDeleteLOL! I think you'd make a better Diana :) And I hadn't thought of the Soulless series, but it TOTALLY is like that! Except I really love that one and have really gotten into them. Shrug. I have no idea what's the difference for me.
DeleteI recently heard of this one, but didn't know much about it. Sorry you didn't connect with the main character more, but glad you really liked one of the minor characters. Awesome that you enjoyed the book overall!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun overall, and I think others would feel differently :)
DeleteCover looks great and you made me curious now about the intriguing characters.
ReplyDeleteNas
The cover is awesome, and several of the characters really were cool! :)
DeleteI haven't read Netherworld Mer. The last historical paranormal I read was Firelight ny Kristen Callihan. Fantastic read!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your thoughts on this one! :) Love this cover, plus the font.
I'll have to check out Firelight! Love the title of it!
DeleteCool cover.
ReplyDeleteI really want to connect to the main character. If I don't, I can still enjoy the story, but it feels kind of blah.
Exactly my thoughts! I enjoyed it, but it wasn't like I couldn't put it down.
DeleteThat does happen with a personal taste sort of thing that you find a character more compelling than another. I don't think I've heard of this one...
ReplyDeleteIt definitely happens every now and again for me--thankfully not too frequently!
DeleteI hadn't heard of this one, but I love the cover.
ReplyDeleteThe cover is pretty dang cool :)
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