Review: A Treacherous Curse

A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A solid 4-star entry in the Veronica Speedwell series.

Even though I find this series a bit overflowing with its protagonist's Mary Sue-ness and its social and technological anachronisms, this series is such fun! You can rely on the Veronica Speedwell mysteries to be enjoyable, though you can usually start to discern where it's all going pretty early on, but Raybourn always manages to interject some novel (*groans*) twists and turns for the reader. In this entry, Veronica and Stoker manage to tackle a mummy's curse scenario, we finally learn more about Stoker's past, and Veronica draws ever closer to a rapprochement with her errant father. All in all, a nice entry in the series, which has grown on this reader over time.

I was fortunate to receive a Digital Review Copy from Edelweiss and a paperback ARC edition of this book from another reviewer.

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