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From my Goodreads review:
What a fantastic ending to a wonderfully well-written series!

Throughout books 1 & 2 I had my suspicions about the Grand Deceiver and I loved how in book 3 Alison Goodman kept me second guessing with false leads.
With the same sort of set-up as book 2, book 3 has a lot of hanging about in Bath with Selburn and Carlston at each other's throats (the tension of which, was super fun, and Alison Goodman's writing is never boring). + I loved how Helen's Aunt kept unintentionally sabotaging the work of the Dark Days Club for propriety's sake. She knew what was up with Helen and Carlston. ;)
Darby is just so friggin loyal and perfect. She plays Alfred to Helen's Batman & I totally support strong women helping strong women...Even if it means interrupting her own personal life/possible happiness with Quinn.

I don't want to spoil anything, but I just have to say that the ending worked out perfectly. I was totally nervous for everyone's lives, and it just worked out so perfectly. Sometimes, the easiest route for the plot (even if it's easily guessed) is the best for the readers.

And though the ending worked out nicely, I wish this wasn't the end. I want to see more Dark Days Club adventures with Helen, please!!

2 additional points:
I both read and listened to this book & I can easily recommend both. To audiobook listeners, Fiona Hardingham does a wonderful job reading! For the book readers, you get to see all the silent eye communications between Helen and Lord Carlston. <3

I think I wrote this before in my review for The Dark Days Club and
The Dark Days Pact, but I think it's worth writing again: Alison Goodman is a superb historical writer! Yes, this book is all about monsters/demons, but it's obvious that Goodman did extensive research to write this book and make it feel like a Regency-era novel first.
Super fun & well written!


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The Dark Days Deceit A Lady Helen Novel Alison Goodman Books Reviews

I loved the first two books but she kinda ran out of steam in this one. It was very predictable. The romance was contrived and the characters were pretty flat.
Reading The Dark Days Deceit made me remember why I love reading fantasy---and series fantasy (which I thought I had tired of). Every promise from earlier books was fulfilled. The characters are as real to me as the relatives I just spent Thanksgiving with (and just a little bit ignored---at times---to devour the novel). Now I want to go back and reread the entire series! Truly, this is one of the best books and series I've read in years. Everyone, go buy it! And based on the last chapters, could there be a 4th book??? It isn't necessary for readers to feel satisfied, but...I do so want to see Lady Helen and Lord Carlston in Russia!
This is the third and final book in the Dark Days series. This was by far the slowest book in the series. It ties everything up decently but was a bit of a slog to get through. In general I was disappointed and thought it could have used much better editing.

Lady Helen is preparing for her wedding to the Duke of Selburn and training with Lord Carlston as part of the dyad that is supposed to defeat the Great Deceiver. It’s a lot to take on and the Duke is constantly pressuring her to start taking on household duties in addition to her duties for the Dark Days society.

This book was very very slow. It really doesn’t pick up until the last 15% or so. The characters spends a lot of time traveling from place to place and dealing with day to day Victorian necessities. While I don’t mind some of that, I found that very little else happened in this book and it was very hard to stay engaged with. This is the type of book where you could skip 10 or 20 pages if you wanted to and not miss anything of import.

I also got very tired of Lady Helen’s wavering back and forth. She basically wants everything without making any compromise and this made her very exasperating as a character. In fact most of the characters in this book were very frustrating to deal with and read about.

The story is decently tied up and the end of the book is well done. The writing style is easy to read, but the story just drags.

Overall this was my least favorite book in the Lady Helen series. It was just way way too slow; this book could have been half the length it was and been much better. Additionally a lot of the characters got very wishy washy in this book which was frustrating. I would tentatively recommend this series if you enjoy Victorian fantasies. However, be prepared to fight through some lackluster and boring scenes.
From my Goodreads review
What a fantastic ending to a wonderfully well-written series!

Throughout books 1 & 2 I had my suspicions about the Grand Deceiver and I loved how in book 3 Alison Goodman kept me second guessing with false leads.
With the same sort of set-up as book 2, book 3 has a lot of hanging about in Bath with Selburn and Carlston at each other's throats (the tension of which, was super fun, and Alison Goodman's writing is never boring). + I loved how Helen's Aunt kept unintentionally sabotaging the work of the Dark Days Club for propriety's sake. She knew what was up with Helen and Carlston. ;)
Darby is just so friggin loyal and perfect. She plays Alfred to Helen's Batman & I totally support strong women helping strong women...Even if it means interrupting her own personal life/possible happiness with Quinn.

I don't want to spoil anything, but I just have to say that the ending worked out perfectly. I was totally nervous for everyone's lives, and it just worked out so perfectly. Sometimes, the easiest route for the plot (even if it's easily guessed) is the best for the readers.

And though the ending worked out nicely, I wish this wasn't the end. I want to see more Dark Days Club adventures with Helen, please!!

2 additional points
I both read and listened to this book & I can easily recommend both. To audiobook listeners, Fiona Hardingham does a wonderful job reading! For the book readers, you get to see all the silent eye communications between Helen and Lord Carlston. <3

I think I wrote this before in my review for The Dark Days Club and
The Dark Days Pact, but I think it's worth writing again Alison Goodman is a superb historical writer! Yes, this book is all about monsters/demons, but it's obvious that Goodman did extensive research to write this book and make it feel like a Regency-era novel first.
Super fun & well written!