The Wrong Girl 1st Freak House Series Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) C J Archer Lucy Rayner Tantor Audio Books
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It's customary for Gothic romance novels to include a mysterious girl locked in the attic. Hannah Smith just wishes she wasn't that girl. As a narcoleptic and the companion to an earl's daughter with a strange affliction of her own, Hannah knows she's lucky to have a roof over her head and food in her belly when so many orphans starve on the streets. Yet freedom is something Hannah longs for. She did not, however, want her freedom to arrive in the form of kidnapping.
Taken by handsome Jack Langley to a place known as Freak House, she finds herself under the same roof as a mad scientist, his niece, a mute servant, and Jack, a fire starter with a mysterious past. They assure Hannah she is not a prisoner and that they want to help her. The problem is, they think she's the earl's daughter. What will they do when they discover they took the wrong girl?
The Wrong Girl 1st Freak House Series Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) C J Archer Lucy Rayner Tantor Audio Books
The Wrong Girl starts off……strange. There are two girls. One is an orphan (from a servant, supposedly) and one is the daughter of an earl. They have spent their whole lives sequestered in an attic. The reason? The Earl’s daughter, Violet, can apparently start fires with her hands. Like, from her fingertips. Weird, right? And the orphan girl, Hannah, is a narcoleptic which means that she has unexplained bouts of unconsciousness. So, one day Hannah gets kidnapped right out of the Earl’s garden (they are allowed on supervised walks). Only, the kidnappers think that she is Violet. Hannah is very protective of Violet and so she decides to play along until she figures out what these people want with Vi. And now, it gets really weird. Her two kidnappers are Jack and Sylvia Langley. Jack is a fire starter like Violet. And apparently, they kidnapper her to “save” her from her life as a prisoner and teach her to control her fire starting tendencies. But Jack and Sylvia live and work with their Uncle August, who seems to have more sinister purposes. To further complicate matters, Hannah is starting to develop feelings for Jack, but Jack thinks she is a fire starter like him. And then, we get an even stranger twist. I won't go into it because it's kind of a spoiler but suffice it say that I didn't see that one coming.Okay, this story was really hard for me to get into. The first half of the book was really, really slow. The second half is much better but then in the end, we really don't resolve anything, instead we are just left with more questions. Obviously, that is because there are two more books in this series (or trilogy rather). Still, I really don't like it when I end a book and I don't feel much further than when I started it. So this story was ok, but not something I would read again. That being said, I'm sure that it will appeal to a certain genre of readers. Probably the YA paranormal type. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into it myself.
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The Wrong Girl 1st Freak House Series Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) C J Archer Lucy Rayner Tantor Audio Books Reviews
I've been reading C.J. Archer's The Ministry of Curiosities series and decided to pick this up since I've been enjoying that series and this one seemed similar. They are actually very similar and I'm pretty sure that they are supposed to be taking place in the same world around the same time in a supernatural Victorian London. In fact, I do believe that another of Archer's series, the Emily Chambers Spirit Medium trilogy, is referenced in this book. So, if you like either of those series, read this one, or if you like this one, be sure two pick up those other two!
Hannah Smith is the mad woman in the attic. Well, not exactly. She's not really mad, just narcoleptic, and she's only living in an attic because she's been chosen as a companion to Lady Violet, a girl who has the power to create fire. The two have been prisoners in the attic practically their whole lives, and while the forlorn Violet seems to have accepted her fate, Hannah isn't ready to give up the fight. Hannah asserts herself through small acts of rebellion, and probably only really stays trapped because she can't bear to abandon her timid friend Violet. One day, while being allowed out for a little exercise around the grounds, a storm kicks up and the girls find shelter in the gardener's storehouse. While the storm rages, Hannah is ripped away from her friend by a kidnapper, and it doesn't take long for Hannah to realize that the real intended target was her friend Violet; the kidnappers had taken the wrong girl. Can Hannah protect her friend Violet from whatever the kidnappers have in store? Will she ever find out how her narcolepsy is tied to Violet's fire starting? And will Hannah ever be able to trust Jack, the handsome kidnapper who knows more about the supernatural than a normal man should?
It's a fun, quick read. I think it drags a tiny bit here and there, and it is very predictable, but it's still a good book and I'm excited to continue the series.
2.5 stars.
Like gothic novels? Well, meet Hannah Smith. She and her superhuman, fire-starting mistress/betstie, Violet, are literally the gothic secret that’s hidden in the attic. Until one day in a case of mistaken identity, Hannah is kidnapped instead of Violet and is whisked away to an even more gothic mansion with even more gothicky secrets by people of unknown and possibly nefarious motives. Determined to keep Violet safe, Hannah plays along hoping to discover her kidnapper’s intentions, but she might just end up discovering more about herself instead.
The best way to describe this novel is X-Men meets Jane Eyre… which actually sounds like a pretty awesome concept. Unfortunately, while it started out pretty strong with an interesting premise and decent build up, the story began to unravel a bit for me around around the halfway mark. Confusing bits of plot, underdeveloped characters, and an unsatisfying resolution all contributed. Also the insta-love romance fell a bit flat for me as well. Jack is one dimensional, and his cageyness and temper… well, red flags. Let’s just say I wouldn’t be pursuing that if I were Hannah.
Overall, interesting and entertaining, but it didn’t quite deliver.
The Wrong Girl starts off……strange. There are two girls. One is an orphan (from a servant, supposedly) and one is the daughter of an earl. They have spent their whole lives sequestered in an attic. The reason? The Earl’s daughter, Violet, can apparently start fires with her hands. Like, from her fingertips. Weird, right? And the orphan girl, Hannah, is a narcoleptic which means that she has unexplained bouts of unconsciousness. So, one day Hannah gets kidnapped right out of the Earl’s garden (they are allowed on supervised walks). Only, the kidnappers think that she is Violet. Hannah is very protective of Violet and so she decides to play along until she figures out what these people want with Vi. And now, it gets really weird. Her two kidnappers are Jack and Sylvia Langley. Jack is a fire starter like Violet. And apparently, they kidnapper her to “save” her from her life as a prisoner and teach her to control her fire starting tendencies. But Jack and Sylvia live and work with their Uncle August, who seems to have more sinister purposes. To further complicate matters, Hannah is starting to develop feelings for Jack, but Jack thinks she is a fire starter like him. And then, we get an even stranger twist. I won't go into it because it's kind of a spoiler but suffice it say that I didn't see that one coming.
Okay, this story was really hard for me to get into. The first half of the book was really, really slow. The second half is much better but then in the end, we really don't resolve anything, instead we are just left with more questions. Obviously, that is because there are two more books in this series (or trilogy rather). Still, I really don't like it when I end a book and I don't feel much further than when I started it. So this story was ok, but not something I would read again. That being said, I'm sure that it will appeal to a certain genre of readers. Probably the YA paranormal type. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into it myself.
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