The Hummingbird Dagger
Cindy Anstey
3/5
Lord Ellerby feels as though he's been scrambling after his little brother since their father's death last year. When he gets into a curricle race that drives a carriage off the world and injures a young woman, he feels it is his responsibility to take her in until she recovers. Unfortunately, she has amnesia and can't remember her name or where she came from and no one has come forward to claim her. It soon becomes evident that her origins are more nefarious than they first appeared and that she and the family that helped her is in danger.
It was good, it was better at the beginning but was pretty interesting all the way through. The real problem was that it's definitely a book you read once, you solve, and then you never pick up again. I was intrigued and I pushed through it all in a couple of hours but I wasn't really asking for more. The ending felt particularly rushed in the idea that the relationship was just fine. I hate it when author's write characters and they're like "oh wow no one else has ever interested her so you're special..." when she was interested from like the first two minutes. The romance was just so obvious and straightforward.
So yeah, average but still enjoyable. If you're in a reading slump and you like historical mysteries, this one would yank you out by how easy it reads. But if you're a fan of intricate historical romances with a scary twist, it would probably be a bit bland.
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