I didn’t even realise that I had picked the perfect time to read this book, as the story takes place between January and February. The winter setting just made the atmosphere feel even more fitting. After being disappointed by book three, my expectations were fairly low. That’s why this finale surprised me all the more. There were so many plot twists I genuinely didn’t see coming. Some of them were brilliant, but at others I just thought, “Audrey, you’re being so daft.” Audrey Rose travels to Chicago with Thomas for the 1893 World’s Fair and soon finds herself caught up in a new series of murders linked to a notorious “murder hotel”. Alongside the investigation, the story also explores their future together and the path they want to take. I did work out who the murderer was quite quickly, but that didn’t take away from my enjoyment at all. It was still great fun following the story and seeing how everything unfolded. My personal highlight was Audrey Rose’s grandmother. I immediately imagined her as Lady Danbury from Bridgerton, sharp-tongued, confident and completely commanding every scene she’s in. One thing that did bother me slightly was how young the protagonists are and how quickly they want to get married. Of course, we have to remember that the story is set at the end of the nineteenth century, when that was far more common, but it still felt a bit too much for me personally. I was originally going to give this book four stars, but the author’s note at the end completely won me over. She explains what was fictional and what was inspired by real historical events. You can really tell how much research went into making the series feel authentic.

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