SuitabookDifferent strengths in friendship
Mina Holmes and Evaline Stoker work together despite contrasting preferences and methods.
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Colleen Gleason - Author
This is a Victorian-set steampunk mystery combining deduction, action, supernatural danger and an international dispute. The central partnership contrasts Mina’s reasoning with Evaline’s practical, vampire-slaying approach.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a Victorian-set steampunk mystery combining deduction, action, supernatural danger and an international dispute. The central partnership contrasts Mina’s reasoning with Evaline’s practical, vampire-slaying approach.
Mina Holmes and Evaline Stoker work together despite contrasting preferences and methods.
The girls reluctantly take on social-chaperone and bodyguard duties for a visiting princess.
A letter concerns an ancient chess queen and a centuries-old rift between England and the Betrovians.
Before choosing it, consider whether a reader is comfortable with a murdered guard, threatened characters, vampire-slaying and criminal danger. Romantic interest includes flirting and a gradually developing relationship.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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