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A review by anna_mangnus
A Mask of Shadows by Oscar de Muriel
4.0
4.5, I really liked this!
The characters are all very *chef's kiss* even if most of them aren't super likeable.
I also really liked the incorporation of real people, places, and historical events. The 1880's are a very fun time to read imo and I liked being able to recognise places in Edinburgh, as well as some celebrities mentioned (Carroll, Wilde, Sargent, to name a few).
(This could have been a enemies-to-friends-to-lovers between Frey and Stoker if Oscar de Muriel hadn't been a coward) (this is mostly a joke because I also wouldn't be comfortable writing a fictitious relationship involving a real person, but I'm just saying...the potential was there)
(This book has also tempted me to finally read Dracula)
The characters are all very *chef's kiss* even if most of them aren't super likeable.
I also really liked the incorporation of real people, places, and historical events. The 1880's are a very fun time to read imo and I liked being able to recognise places in Edinburgh, as well as some celebrities mentioned (Carroll, Wilde, Sargent, to name a few).
(This could have been a enemies-to-friends-to-lovers between Frey and Stoker if Oscar de Muriel hadn't been a coward) (this is mostly a joke because I also wouldn't be comfortable writing a fictitious relationship involving a real person, but I'm just saying...the potential was there)
(This book has also tempted me to finally read Dracula)