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The Amersham Rubies by Rhys Bowen

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jennipiccalo's review

hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I wish it had more of an intro to it. For it to be a teaser I felt that I lacked information about the main character. I was lost on who she was and how she was connected with the Lady of the house to be asked to help out.

rinnyssance's review

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3.0

It was free so whatever.

saraelizabetha's review

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mysterious fast-paced

4.0

wayfaring_witch's review

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4.0

A fun little intro into the beloved Molly Murphy series. A great treat from Rhys!

maplessence's review

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3.0

3.5★

While on holiday I couldn't settle to anything "heavy" so I thought it was time I tried out something by Rhys Bowen.

& for a kindle freebie it was quite good. Bowen managed to give Molly some good character development (no doubt helped by this prequel being written after some of the Molly Murphy books) & I enjoyed Bowen's writing style. It is just that the (weak) ending was on you before you knew it, leaving me with a slightly unsatisfied feeling. But it was just good enough that I will try more of Bowen's work!

k5tog's review

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3.0

This technically shouldn't count as a book - it was just a short story - preamble to the Molly Murphy series. And not nearly as good as one of the full books.

jj2edwards's review

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2.0

This started out with a good set-up but as it was a short prequel it came to a conclusion too quickly and seemed rather abrupt. I would like to,read the first real book in this series to better judge Molly and her activities.