The Seduction
of Phaeton Black
By; Jillian
Stone
*Paranormal
Investigator.
So I’ve been
reading this book for a couple weeks, and although it is a really great story,
I just can’t seem to get interested in it.
Normally when
I read a book, I can read it in 5-10 hours, depending on how well the plot
interests me, and while this book has a unique plot, It just doesn’t seem to be
keeping my interest- but as I said, the book is still really good, so I’m going
to go ahead and give it a 5 star, because my lack of interest should not judge
the book.
So, The
Seduction of Phaeton Black, is kinda like a steam punk, in that it is in an
unusual time frame- One that I do not immediately recognize. Phaeton Black is
an on again-off again employee of Scotland Yard who lives in what I understand
to be the basement of a pleasure house.
He is good at
his job, but his unique ability to see things that should not exist have gotten
him a couple eye-rolls from his fellow employees, and so they don’t completely
trust him, but a series of grisly murders forces them to hire him back- because
while they do not necessarily like, or trust him, there is no doubt that he is
good at what he does.
In one
instance of the book, it seems like the ‘normal’ characters do not really know
about the ‘other’ things that exist in their world; but a few pages later, it
seems that maybe they do. So I was a little confused as to why Phaeton black
was such an outcast. –That being said, Ms. Stone was able to develop a new
world for me, which is somewhat difficult for an avid reader such as myself, so I
definitely give her props for that.
Now, of course
this is a romance, and as our leading lady we have, America Jones. She is sort
of an odd character, with little to no known background, other than her father’s
shipping business. She too is a bit unusual in that she can sense ‘others’ and
how they feel. Together the two should make a wonderful team, and you would
expect them to fall madly in love, but I feel at times as if they are repelling
each other, more than attracting. Now that is not to say that there weren’t
plenty of times when the love was clear, so maybe it is just my understanding
that clouds my judgment on that particular score.
Don’t get me
wrong, the book was great, the plot was new, something different that I have
not come across before; the characters believable, if a bit challenging to
understand- to be clear, this is one of those books you really have to follow
along to understand. This book deserves a lot more focus than me, a young
mother of a 3 yr old can really give, so perhaps the fault is not with the
book, but with me as a reader.
This book is
going on my shelves, as I would like to read it again another time where
hopefully I will be able to have a better understanding of what’s going on. I
recommend this book to someone with a lot of time on their hands, who can give
it the attention it deserves.
To be completely
honest, I didn’t always know exactly what was going on, so maybe that is why
the book couldn’t hold my interest. I don’t know, but give the book a try anyway,
as I’m sure our tastes differ, and this is just my opinion, so you might have a
better chance at it than I did.
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