hello everyone! so, today i’m going to be reviewing capturing the devil by kerri maniscalo. this is the last book in the stalking jack the ripper series, and it is honesly so bittersweet to write this, since i don’t want thomas and audrey rose’s story to end. but, i gave this book a 5/5 stars. i did have a couple issues with this book, but i’ll explain it down below more.
so, one of my first issues was kerri said that the murder was the first plot, and all the books murder and finding the killer is the main focus of all the books. which i like a lot, the whole murder mystery. but, this one, was mainly about romance, the main idea is thomas and audrey rose getting married and starting the newly wed life. which, i was fine with, since we get to see so much of these two together, but there could have been more murder talk in the beginning.
so, having this book be the last one in the series, you naturally get a lot of the old character in this book, just to say your final goodbyes and whatnot. i really liked that noah and mephtro where in here again, and new characters that we can grow to love. and i liked most of the characters.
one of the other things that i didn’t like, they talked about jack the ripper 24/7, which i expected, but they talked about it every five words. and i understand that her brother just died, since he was jack the ripper, so i understand that she will be upset, but she was always crying. which was pretty annoying.
i felt like the book did go full circle, with the wedding not happening and then finally happening. and just them finally happy and having a great ending.
the other thing i greatly enjoyed that Audrey Rose found the killer not Audrey Rose and Thomas together. i felt like it gave some more girl power to the to girls and Audrey Rose. and i feel like it gave Audrey Rose more power, not having her a shadow behind Thomas, if you know what i mean.
i actually like all of the small sex scenes and the kissing between the two of them. i know this was kinda controversial, since some people said that they didn’t like it. i feel like it made them seen like a more real couple, since we all know couples kiss and maybe having sex.
so, this is it for this post. i’m sorry this is so long, but i want to capture all my thoughts, since i love this book and the series so much. get the capture pun? no, okay, well anyway, i hope you enjoy this.
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