The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

I honestly expected to like this book a little bit more than I ended up doing. The title and the description really did a lot to draw me into to the book and made me think that this story would be a little bit more than what it turned out to be. This story is a mystery story with a strong mixing of academic politics and a little bit of academic misogyny as well.  

By the end of the book, I thought that the story was just fine. Fine but not something that I would seek out to read again. 

The writing and formatting of this book did not help draw me into the story at all, but instead kept breaking my immersion into it. which I have found to be a pattern with this particular style of writing. The characters also did not keep my interest or draw me in in any way. I found them to be rather dry, superficial and insufferable. 

I did finish the book and found the conclusion to be satisfying if not particularly surprising. The story was overall fine, but not really something I will seek out again or recommend. 

I received this book free from NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press to review and this is my honest review. 

Three out of five stars