It’s very handy she has a problem with blood though. Evaline comes from a family of vampire hunters, but has actually never really slain a vampire herself. Both very different, but both not fitting well in their time period. There are so many different elements (the steam punk, the mystery, Holmes, vampires, time travel, Egyptology…), but they are all combined well into one good story. This book is so much fun! It is fast paced and hard to put down. How could I not pick up this book? I adore Sherlock Holmes, and Dracula is just amazing! Bram Stoker’s Mina is one of my all-time favorite characters (no, the name Mina Holmes is not a coincidence). Tonight, I as, on behalf of Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales: will you do what no other young women are called to do, and place your lives and honor at the feet of your country?” Who risk like and limb for their queen, their countrymen, and the Empire. There are many young men your age who are called into the service of their country. Who want adventure and be with the guy They like. A group of girls who don’t want to have to be chaperoned and always look pretty to be married off to some rich man. This brings them to a mysterious (feminist) group lead by the Ankh. Mina Holmes and Evaline Stoker are asked by Irene Adler (The Woman) to serve the crown and find out where the society girls have gone. A steam punk version of it at least, where motorcycles and guns can run on steam and electricity is forbidden. If Stoker and Holmes don’t unravel why the belles of London society are in such danger, they’ll become the next victims. Now fierce Evaline and logical Mina must resolve their rivalry, navigate the advances of not just one but three mysterious gentlemen, and solve murder with only one clue: a strange Egyptian scarab.

And when two society girls go missing, there’s no one more qualified to investigate. But when you’re the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood. Enjoy!Įvaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. I have actually already posted a review of this, and I am lazy (and don’t think I can add any more wisdom to it) so I will insert that down below. And, of course, I am starting off today with my review of the first book in the series: The Clockwork Scarab. In the coming week I will be posting reviews for all the four books that are currently out. After receiving The Carnelian Crow in the post I decided to reread the Stoker & Holmes series.

The clockwork scarab series