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This was a struggle - may deserve a 4 star rating, but it has been a difficult book to finish. The writing is well done, but there is just too much of it! Descriptions go on and on and then abruptly resolve into the next scene. There is an over abundance of characters, and while the development of Annie's character is good as are a few others, many just receive a few comments so that when you meet them again you have forgotten who they are. The locale and historical San Francisco era are well done and provide a look into the Victorian age of that city. Many of the events are clearly anticipated, as is the reveal of the villain. Two more await reading on my Kindle, and while I would hope for a better presentation in them, it will be awhile before they are tackled.


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Uneasy Spirits A Victorian San Francisco Mystery M Louisa Locke 9781466373549 Books Reviews

I have to admit I liked this story overall, but I found the heroine to be extremely frustrating. I liked her but didn't like her simultaneously.

The heroine, Annie Fuller, is a widow who runs a boarding house and has a side occupation as a Palm reader/advisor. Her marriage had been an unhappy one and she had been left with nothing financially when her husband died. She has a strong, independent spirit which I admire. But I feel that part of her character is over played to the point of foolishness. She takes actions that I feel to be quite stupid, and it seems at times she does this just to prove she doesn't have to answer to the man she has fallen in love with.

That brings us to the hero, Nate Dawson. He is a lawyer working for his uncle. He and Annie had met when she got involved in an earlier investigation. He has been away, spending time with his family at their ranch. Nate should have written her while he was away -- they definitely had something between them but hadn't parted on the best of terms. But he didn't write. This is an obvious black mark in the hero characteristic list. There are supposed to be reasons why he didn't but -- eh.

Which brings up another reason I find myself dissatisfied with the story. The romance aspect is just too small a slice of the pie for me. The reader gets information about several people in the story but the love interest that should be building between the two main characters is almost nonexistent. They are rarely together and we are only given the briefest of conversations, and sometimes those are merely arguments.

However, the storyline is basically this Annie is asked by one of her boarders to look into a couple who are Spiritualists. The wife claims she can contact those who have crossed to the other side. There seems to be some unsavory things going on. A young girl who is also involved in the couple's shenanigans may be being abused. The deeper Annie looks the more danger she faces.

Nate is supposed to be helping but he basically is there to warn, argue or rescue as the scene warrants.

If you like a tepid romance this one will definitely do, and -- side note -- I had the villain pegged right off the bat.
This is the second in Locke's Victorian series featuring Annie Fuller and cast that I've read. Set in San Francisco in 1879, the story involves charlatans putting on phoney seances and manipulating gullible clients. These ghosts definitely need busting. So, who ya' gonna' call? Annie, of course. I like the characters and enjoy Annie's shenanigans very much. Nate Dawson fills the bill of leading man well, and Mrs O'Roarke, Kathleen and the Misses Moffats are endearing. This is not great literature but it doesn't pretend to be. If you are looking for an easy, entertaining book, try this one.
I read a lot of grit, murder, mayhem, and mosters, so it is always refreshing to read a book that looks at life through the rose colored glasses of gentility. Very often, this can only be accomplished by reading books published in the nineteen thirties and forties. Even during that period, hard boiled noir seems really tame by today's standards. Ms. Locke's descriptions of various locations in San Francisco eschew Victorian gentility while making the locales come to life.

The Victorian Era was rife with the spiritualist movement. Seances were all the rage, and money was made exploiting the bereaved. Barbara Hewitt, one of Annie's lodgers, broaches the subject of unscrupulous mediums taking advantage of her younger sister's loss with Annie, more or less on the basis of 'it takes one, to know one' given Annie's alter ego, Madam Sybil.

Much that is currently written with a Victorian backdrop, involves a woman acting contrary to that which is expected of her by men and women alike. Quite often this does not spring from active rebellion but from innate intelligence. There is always a man ready to come to the rescue for all the wrong reasons. Such is Mrs. Annie Fuller's dilemma as she finds herself falling for Nathaniel Dawson, Esq. Here we have two people well suited to each other at odds because although they talk to each other, they never really say what's on their mind until it's too late. Clearly a situation of one step forward, two steps back.

As is so often the case with a mystery series, where the mystery intrigues, the backstory is the driving force to read the subsequent tale. With each novel, we learn more about not only Annie and Nate, but the other recurring characters that loom large in the boarding house, both residents and staff. By making these folks both human and interesting, one feels compelled to read on to see what is happening to this circle of friends. I look forward to reading the next novel in this series.
This was a struggle - may deserve a 4 star rating, but it has been a difficult book to finish. The writing is well done, but there is just too much of it! Descriptions go on and on and then abruptly resolve into the next scene. There is an over abundance of characters, and while the development of Annie's character is good as are a few others, many just receive a few comments so that when you meet them again you have forgotten who they are. The locale and historical San Francisco era are well done and provide a look into the Victorian age of that city. Many of the events are clearly anticipated, as is the reveal of the villain. Two more await reading on my , and while I would hope for a better presentation in them, it will be awhile before they are tackled.