A Curious Beginning
(Veronica Speedwell #1)
By Deanna Raybourn
Dates Read
June 20 - 21
2024
Listened Through Hoopla
Blurb:
London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry—and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as with fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened hatpin with equal aplomb, and with her last connection to England gone, she intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.
But fate has other plans, as Veronica discovers when she thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron who has ties to her mysterious past. Promising to reveal in time what he knows of the plot against her, the baron offers her temporary sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker, a reclusive natural historian as intriguing as he is bad-tempered. But before the baron can deliver on his tantalizing vow to reveal the secrets he has concealed for decades, he is found murdered. Suddenly Veronica and Stoker are forced to go on the run from an elusive assailant as wary partners in search of the villainous truth.
Favorite Character:
Veronica, I love her no nonsense attitude and her ability to not care.
Thoughts:
Honestly at first I didn't like Veronica but now I'm in love with her. Deanna Raybourns writing style made me smile so much. Also the narrator was phenomenal. As always with mysteries for me I was shocked by the big reveal at the end. I can't wait for the other novels to become available as audio.
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