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The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl | Theodora Goss
Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club race to save Aliceand foil a plot to unseat the Queen, in the electrifying conclusion to the trilogy that began with the Nebula Award finalist and Locus Award winner The Strange Case of the Alchemists Daughter. Lifes always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades rescuing Lucina van Helsing, Mary Jekyll and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished and so has their friend and employer Sherlock Holmes! As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlocks kidnapping are only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire. Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine, and Justine save their friendsand save the Empire? Find out in the final installment of the fantastic and memorable Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series.
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#CastTheDie

I‘m hoping to read all four this month. 🎃👻🐈‍⬛

PuddleJumper Good luck! 1mo
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My October #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin books.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1mo
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Here are my May #Roll100 books.

PuddleJumper Looks great! 6mo
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emmaturi
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The final book in the adventure of the Athena Club and this time Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club are off to save Alice and also Sherlock Holmes too. Both kidnapped and also there is a plot to kill Queen Victoria. I have really loved this whole series, the friendship between all the women was lovely to see. It was exciting and gripping all their different adventures.

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Book 3 of 3 in The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series

I‘m going to miss these characters.

Life‘s always an adventure for the Athena Club . . . especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades rescuing Lucina van Helsing, Mary Jekyll, and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished — and so has Mary‘s friend and employer Sherlock Holmes!

Tamra What a lovely lamp! 2y
suvata @Tamra It was very in expensive but it makes me happy. Lol 2y
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julesG
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Third adventure of the Athena Club. This time they have to make their way back to London, Alice and Sherlock Holmes are missing.

I like Goss' writing and hope there will be more adventures.

#JoysOfJune #readathon @Andrew65

Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 2y
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1️⃣ Victorian London
2️⃣ Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
3️⃣ Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

🏷 @sprainedbrain @Kappadeemom @Andrew65

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Andrew65 Thanks for te tag 😍 2y
Eggs ❤️ Gabrielle Zevin ❤️ 2y
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LeticiaToraci
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I didn't like this as much as I liked the first and second book, but even though I will continue the series if more books are published in it.

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sparrowssavvy
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I am honestly so bummed that this series is only a trilogy. I felt like I could so many more books in this series. That said, it was a pretty solid final book. I definitely preferred the first two. It could have been that I was trying to read this while moving so it was a stop and start read for me, but it didn‘t suck me in like the first two quite as much.

AkashaVampie That cover looks amazing 3y
sparrowssavvy @AkashaVampie all the covers are like this and gorgeous! 3y
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What a satisfying read. I don't know if there will be more (I sure hope so!) but this felt like an ending.

This was my October #bookspin book finished. Trying for the doublespin now! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Great progress! Also that cover is fabulous! 4y
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Good luck!! 4y
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October #bookspin list! It's all thematic for October. 🎃🧛‍♀️🧟‍♀️👻
@TheAromaofBooks

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This is it, the last book of the Athena club series. Looking back, the first book would have made a good standalone book and the sequels weren't really necessary, but I still enjoyed the finale. Halfway in I thought, I'm tired of ensemble books where the team is kept apart, because I read too many of those in the last months.

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I love these characters and the world they inhabit. It is certainly not a fast paced book and I found the climax rather rushed (and no spoilers...but I think Diana would have some EMOTIONS about what happened). Despite this, I am sad to bid farewell the Athena Club...although there is definitely material here for another book.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk I‘m near wrapping up the first one on audio and it is such a good time! 5y
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Welp, our state is shut down and we are kinda self quaranting due to chest colds...no, we don't have THE thing....but I'm not complaining...

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I hope you all feel better soon! Until then, enjoy the reading time. 5y
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This one is long and detail filled and probably could be edited a little bit but I'm already truly sad that it's the last book with these charming and lovable characters.

AlaMich I love the pic of your pup! 5y
IndyHannaJones @AlaMich she is surveying her kingdom 5y
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5 ⭐

This series is one of my favourites. I love that each of the #eccentricMC are strong women, who have each been affected by well known male characters, such as Dr Jeckel, Mr Hyde, Dr Frankstein, and Dracula. It's funny and engaging. Unfortunately, this third instalment wasn't as good as the previous two, but I love them nonetheless.

#booked2020 @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Cinfhen Cool concept for a series 🤓 5y
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kristenm
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There were so many ways that the Athena Club trilogy could have disappointed me because it brings together all of my favorite things. Happily, after finishing the third and final book last night, I can say that she did a FANTASTIC job! This series is in hardcover on my bookshelf and will stay there, nestled between the sources of its inspiration.

bookishnerd Oh! I didn't know it was just a trilogy. Good. When I got the first book I thought it was standalone. I have enough series on the go. I like one with all the books out. lol I read book 1 last year and enjoyed it. 5y
kristenm @bookishnerd So many series! I loved this one and wouldn‘t have minded more adventures but I‘m also glad to have it completed. My bookshelves can‘t handle too many more series either. They‘re pushing out all of the standalones! 5y
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This same God presides over Seattle in the winter. I feel like everything is about to dissolve from damp!

kingrat It's been so wet this January! 5y
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1-7-20: My 1st finished book of 2020! I‘m getting a slow start this year. This is Book 3 and is supposed to be the final one but I hope the author changes her mind and writes more. 🤞🏼#thesinistermysteryofthemesmerizinggirl #theodoragoss 👍🏼📖#️⃣1️⃣

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Mehso-so

Okay, There are good (even great) things about this book and series. But I never, ever want a younger female character that he is teaching, or he‘s employing, to fall for Sherlock Holmes, ever again. It grossed me out in Laurie King‘s books and it grosses me out here. How does this keep happening?

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I've really liked this little series of Goss'; it's very lightweight, but with Victorian literary characters as well as historical person woven into the plot. Since this looks like it's the last part, I would have liked to see a few more answers about Mary's background, but oh well.

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'"Augustus!" Ayesha said the name with contempt. "of course a man as vain as Octavian would call himself Augustus and declare himself a god!" He detested Egypt, and he destroyed Rome! "'
I am so fucking weak for authors ripping on historical figures through characters that supposedly knew them.

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The days between christmas and new year's are called 'mellandagarna', 'the in-between days', in Swedish. I took the week off and limited today's activities to a) the gym and b) the coffee shop.

Buechersuechtling These days in Germany have exactly the same name. I like your plans for today. Thoroughly enjoy. 🤸🏼☕️🍪 5y
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Delightful as always, ms Goss

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Oh yeah, morning book gift from Lucas!

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I enjoyed this adventurous little romp of a book! I do hope there winds up being a fourth book in this series. Fun to finish up on a blustery day. 🎄📚♥️

Scochrane26 I like this series. I think there could be more in the series if the author wants to write more—she left it open-ended enough to continue. 5y
Ericalambbrown @Scochrane26 I agree! But she can also leave them be unless she comes up with a great idea she wants to explore. She didn‘t back herself into a corner. 5y
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This book was disappointing in a few parts for me. I still liked it, it just wasn‘t as amazing as the first one. The re-hashing of the first 2 books got on my nerves. No one is going to start w/ the 3rd book! And the ending fight wasn‘t as good as it could have been, IMO. And there‘s a couple of other small flaws. Overall, I really loved this series, the characters, & the creativity. It did make me finally read Dracula & Jekyll & Hyde.

Laughterhp I didn‘t realize there was more than 1 book in this series! (edited) 5y
Scochrane26 @Laughterhp yes, there‘s 3. The tagged is supposed to be the last one, but she could always write more of them if she wants to. The 2nd is really long but has some fun characters introduced. 5y
jillrhudy Book two was such a disappointment after #1 that I doubt I will even listen to this one. #2 was also loaded with reminders. 5y
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The intrepid ladies of the Athena Club are keeping me company as I audio clean, and cook.

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Haven‘t done a #weeklyforecast but thought I would this week. I‘m still working on library books.
Started the tagged finally today. I started Educated a few weeks ago on audio but decided I‘d rather read it than listen. Will start One Day in December for #BOTMBuddyread. I also want to catch up on some shows this long weekend, so I only need to finish the first 2 this week.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!!! 💙💙💙 5y
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I brought the Starless Sea to read between shifts but look! Somebody returned The Sinister Mystery if the Mesmerizing Girl! #Dangersofworkingatthelibrary #ReaderlyADD

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Didn't end up grabbing any new releases today but I got a few I've been wanting desperately and then a gift from a friend

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That wonderful feeling when the latest book in your new favorite series comes in the mail early ❤️📖📬

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I absolutely loved the first book in this trilogy but everything I found charming about it began to wear thin in book two which needed some heavy editing. Still, I was looking forward to this final book and hoped it would recapture some of the magic of the first.
I was extremely disappointed that the pacing continued to be very awkward and there was little to no character development. I had to skim a good bit just to finish 😔

jillrhudy Oh no. I love the characters so much. I was hoping book 2 was just a fluke and she would do them justice in the third in the series. 5y
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Won't you look at that! Because I needed more stuff on my to read list. Coming out in October!

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