A review by nina1117
The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee

3.0

3.5 stars. I really like the series, or the idea of it, but I'm not enjoying as much as I feel I should. Its not the anachronisms nor the story, but the characters themselves. I feel like I don't know enough about Mary; she's too guarded and hidden. And I really really don't approve of her choice of denying her ethnicity. I know that it was a different time and I figure that Lee is going to deal with it in the 3rd book, but I was really disappointed in her as a role model in that aspect. And, James, oh pretty, arrogant James. I just don't like him. He and Mary are always having petty, unromantic fights and how he acted at the end of this book made me so angry! Every time I begin to like him, Lee makes me hate him! I am really hoping I will like the third one better; I really want to!