A Dreadful Splendor

A Dreadful Splendor is an entertaining gothic mystery that'll hook you from the very beginning!

The mystery at the novel's center – did Audre jump from the cliff or was she murdered – took great twists and turns, some predictable and some not! As the story progresses, the reader and the MC Genevieve start questioning whether ghosts just might be real. A tremendous gothic mystery!

I felt the love plotline was very well developed, and I was rooting for them from the get-go.

At times the narration became repetitive. The most common occurrences were when Genevieve recounted her deals with Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Lockhart and the consequences. As a reader, this constant reiteration of facts you already know gets annoying fairly quickly.

There were also some frustrating plotlines. (Genevieve's continued suspicion of Mr. T even though it wouldn't be logical for him to secretly enlist her help in finding the murderer if he was the murderer. That stuck along waaay too long and made me doubt Genevieve's mystery-solving capabilities.) However, they weren't big enough to detract from my overall enjoyment of the story.

I'd definitely recommend A Dreadful Splendor! I'll be checking out B.R Myers future work for sure!

Audiobook Review: The voice actor, Olivia Vinall, did a splendid job! I think I liked the book as much as I did because of her performance. The parts that felt tedious or repetitive weren't as much of an annoyance since I was listening to a good performance. I'll definitely be searching out more of her work!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.