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the new Benjamin January mystery
Aug. 4th, 2020 09:16 pmI just finished reading the newest Benjamin January mystery, House of the Patriarch, that just came out, and I continue to really enjoy the series.
Though I missed interactions with the regular secondary characters in this one, as none of them besides Chloe Villard have more than brief appearances. I liked the mystery and the setting with all the weird religious groups and spiritualists in New York State, and some of the introduced supporting characters, like Hambly's version of P.T. Barnum, were fun, but I like the books in which January interacts more with his friends and family better, even though I mostly read for the main character.
Still, it was engrossing enough for me to stick with it and read it in two reading sessions, rather than just frittering time away with useless room scrolling, which unfortunately a lot of books don't manage these days. So I don't regret paying the rather high price for an ebook (which cost over €12).
Though I missed interactions with the regular secondary characters in this one, as none of them besides Chloe Villard have more than brief appearances. I liked the mystery and the setting with all the weird religious groups and spiritualists in New York State, and some of the introduced supporting characters, like Hambly's version of P.T. Barnum, were fun, but I like the books in which January interacts more with his friends and family better, even though I mostly read for the main character.
Still, it was engrossing enough for me to stick with it and read it in two reading sessions, rather than just frittering time away with useless room scrolling, which unfortunately a lot of books don't manage these days. So I don't regret paying the rather high price for an ebook (which cost over €12).