Category: Lady Helen

Lady Helen #2
Helen grows by leaps and bounds in this book, and I love it! While The Dark Days Club was full of Helen’s struggle between her duties as a lady and her duties as a reclaimer, The Dark Days Pact is much more about Helen becoming the reclaimer that she was always meant to be, and making all the sacrifices that that entails. While its predecessor was slow to start, this novel picks up the action quickly with Helen being thrust into secret missions and webs of lies. Starting out still unsure of herself, she is soon forced to take matters into her own hands. And by the end of the novel, Helen has transformed into the fearsome leader that she needs to be.

There was some great character development, particularly with Mr. Hammond. He’s quickly turning into one of my favorite characters. And I’m happy that Duke Selburn played a larger role in this novel, I was hoping that there would be more of him. I was a little disappointed with Delia, however. For me she just fell a little flat. I loved the added complications (and in someways uncomplications) of Helen venturing out into society in disguise as Mr. Amberly; it was so fun and entertaining to read. The ending was breakneck and exciting, with too much happening for Helen to even slow down and process it all. This book sets us up for what I expect to be an awesome and explosive conclusion that you won’t want to miss.

Lady Helen #1
The Dark Days Club was a fun, supernatural romp through regency London. I particularly enjoyed the author’s meticulous detail in regards to the regency period, which led an incredible amount of authenticity to the novel. Though our characters were not quite as full bodied as I would like, I loved how this novel looked at the dichotomy so oft missing in these supernatural period pieces, between maintaining one’s place in proper society while still dealing with the secret, supernatural world.

At first the Reclaimer mythos was hard to wrap my head around, but Goodman explained it well in stride. My main complaint is that the book was a bit slow to start, taking about 150 pages to really gain momentum. I have to admit at the end that I have a little bit of a soft spot for Duke Selburn, who just seems inherently too good to be true. I do hope that he ends up being pulled into the fold somehow (though I fear instead he will end up as an imposter instead). Looking forward to reading more!