Stalking Jack the Ripper in a fantasy setting!

A YA medieval fantasy thriller pitched as the YA version of “Gone Girl”

I haven’t seen nor read “Gone Girl” so I can’t say how spot on it is. However, I will say I got “Stalking Jack the Ripper” vibes (Simon, unfortunately isn’t anything like Thomas Cresswell, except being a genius about murderers, but who is?)

A couple of things I do want to mention is the “wait” between the first and second murders did kind of lose my interest for a minute because they were just focusing on the details of the first murder and not much else was happening. But the second murder picks it back up. Also, the thing with Simon’s eye was never explained even though it was the focus of a lot of Catrin’s thoughts.

Overall, this was a book to keep you on your toes and mess up your sleep schedule because you simply can’t put it down and demand to know what happens next. None of the characters are who they seem and made it impossible for me to know who the killer was. Also, I kind of liked the ending, it wasn’t your typical HEA. I won’t go into details, it’s not really a spoiler, but as I said, it doesn’t end like how you might expect.