


I mean, you’d think that if it’s genre I truly enjoy, I’d read more of it, no? But I digress. Or so I think I love a good mystery? After finishing this book and feeling somewhat dissatisfied by it, I realized that I can’t remember the last time I read a fantastic mystery novel so … maybe I don’t really love a good mystery as much as I think I do. I imagine that however I heard of this book, I was drawn to it (a) because it’s historical fiction (which I LURVE) and (b) I love a good mystery. I don’t remember how I first heard about this author or this series but it’s like a female Sherlock Holmes series featuring a female detective named Veronica Speedwell – A Curious Beginning is the first installment of the series.

I’ve been struggling with a reading slump for the past few months (thank you distance learning!) so while I’ve had my hands on this copy of A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn since the summer, I only got around to reading it in the month of December.Īnd then once I started reading it, it took me another three weeks to actually get through it – which if you know me is saying a lot about how I felt about this book.
