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A review by lisaluvsliterature
Jubilee Manor by Bethany Hagen
5.0
Loved it! And I have to say thanks again to the author who I meet a couple weeks ago and was able to get an actual physical ARC to read! We jumped right back into the story, and learned that even though Madeline's father had been tortured by the Rootless, fed the radioactive material, he was quickly healing, and would soon be pretty close to back to normal. With her uncle, Jack, she is trying to do what she can to get the Gentry and the Rootless to come to an agreement, a way to settle things in order to move on. But when the night of one of the first big gatherings of both groups is ruined by finding the body of one of the heirs, Marianne Wilder, finding her murdered, chances for peace seem to be less and less a possibility. And when another heir is murdered, things look even worse.
Madeline has heard one of the Rootless seeming to plot something horrible, such as killing the heirs, and she noticed his absence during the finding of the first body, she must decide whether to tell what she knows to the police, or keep it to herself until there is actual proof as her uncle asks. Yet everything she does seems to be the opposite of what her boyfriend David wants. So now she must find a way to get the trust built between the Gentry and the Rootless, as well as keep anymore of her friends from being murdered, and figure out if she and David can stay together despite their difference of opinions on the way to do these things. To make matters better, there might be a cure for the radioactive poisoning! And Madeline will welcome a new family member, other than her Uncle Jack's family now living in Landry Park.
I love the story. I got so mad at David throughout the story though. Even knowing what he ended up knowing at the end of the story, the fact that he kept it from Madeline, well, he deserved the things that she did, since she didn't know. In the end though, I was happy with how it all went. Although the Kansas City references weren't quite as many in this second book, I still enjoyed when I read them and recognized them. So excited to read more from this author, and I highly recommend this series to everyone!
Madeline has heard one of the Rootless seeming to plot something horrible, such as killing the heirs, and she noticed his absence during the finding of the first body, she must decide whether to tell what she knows to the police, or keep it to herself until there is actual proof as her uncle asks. Yet everything she does seems to be the opposite of what her boyfriend David wants. So now she must find a way to get the trust built between the Gentry and the Rootless, as well as keep anymore of her friends from being murdered, and figure out if she and David can stay together despite their difference of opinions on the way to do these things. To make matters better, there might be a cure for the radioactive poisoning! And Madeline will welcome a new family member, other than her Uncle Jack's family now living in Landry Park.
I love the story. I got so mad at David throughout the story though. Even knowing what he ended up knowing at the end of the story, the fact that he kept it from Madeline, well, he deserved the things that she did, since she didn't know. In the end though, I was happy with how it all went. Although the Kansas City references weren't quite as many in this second book, I still enjoyed when I read them and recognized them. So excited to read more from this author, and I highly recommend this series to everyone!