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The Chess Queen Enigma
The Chess Queen Enigma: A Stoker & Holmes Novel | Colleen Gleason
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Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes have reluctantly agreed to act as social chaperones and undercover bodyguards for Princess Lurelia of Betrovia, who has arrived in London to deliver a letter that details the secret location of an ancient chess queen that's been missing for centuries. But when the letterwhich will heal a centuries-old rift between England and the Betroviansis stolen out from under Evaline and Mina's watchful eyes, the two girls are forced into a high-stakes race to ensure they find the chess queen before anyone else does. The Stoker and Holmes series is as culturally popular and compulsively readable as the Sherlock Holmes stories and Dracula were in the Victorian era.
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Cinfhen
Cinfhen
The Chess Queen Enigma: A Stoker & Holmes Novel | Colleen Gleason
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Who would have thunk, a YA #Steampunk detective novel would garner 4 stars from this #stargrinch! This book was cheeky & silly but so fun. Mina Holmes ( niece of Sherlock) & Evaline Stoker (relative of Bram) race through Victorian London slaying the Undead, saving princesses and solving crimes. With imaginative settings, snarky dialogue, guest appearances and quick wit,I finished up second quarter of #booked2018 🎉 This is book 3 of the series!!

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Cinfhen This is book one
[tagged book]The Clockwork Scarab: A Stoker & Holmes Novel
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IheartYA I love this series! 6y
Simona 👏👏👏Congrats 😘 6y
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KarenUK So glad you enjoyed it! I really liked book 1... I loved the snarky banter between Mina and Evaline... 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Woo hooooo!! You did it! Congrats on finally finding your #steampunk choice. 🎩 6y
Cinfhen Thanks so much @BarbaraTheBibliophage @KarenUK @Simona @IheartYA God knows I whined about this prompt for months 😆 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Yes you did! 😜😍 6y
Bookzombie You make me want to switch my #steampunk choice to the first in this series. 🤔 6y
Cinfhen @Bookzombie which book were u thinking of reading?? I picked up 6 books before I settled on this one!!!!! 6y
Bookzombie @Cinfhen I have a romance on my shelf, tagged. I‘m probably going to continue with it, but if I have to bail I‘m switching to the first one in this series. 🙂
[tagged book]Steamed: A Steampunk Romance
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minkyb You had me at undead! 6y
Cinfhen I didn‘t know you had a thing for 🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️ @minkyb It‘s a really cute read, silly but satisfying! Hopefully you‘ll enjoy your choice @Bookzombie but it‘s always good to find other options. I read my book through #OverDrive(which is why I started with book 3, that‘s what they had available) 6y
minkyb Yes @Cinfhen Ever since Barnabus Collins and Dark Shadows! 6y
Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi is a total star grinch too. I‘m the opposite. 😂😂 6y
emilyhaldi I‘m impressed!!! 6y
Cinfhen I may have been over generous with my stars @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola BUT honestly YA & #Steampunk and I didn‘t bail!!! That‘s a pretty big deal 6y
Reviewsbylola Yeah, it‘s definitely a shock! 6y
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Cinfhen
Cinfhen
The Chess Queen Enigma: A Stoker & Holmes Novel | Colleen Gleason
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Quick, look in the sky!!! Flying pigs!!!! I‘m reading and enjoying a YA #Steampunk❣️❣️❣️ My only complaint so far, is that it‘s book 3 of a series, so I‘m missing some background ( why would OverDrive not offer book 1 or 2!?!?!) #booked2018 #FridayReads #VictorianLondon #KickAssSocietyGirls #BrainsandBrawn

Melissa_J 🤣🤣🤣 6y
Cinfhen Well wonders never cease @Melissa_J 6y
KarenUK @Cinfhen I read book 1 and found it kinda fun 👍... glad you‘re enjoying it 😊 6y
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Cathythoughts And pigs will fly .... 😂 6y
emilyhaldi 🤯🤯🤯 6y
mrp27 😂😂😂 6y
SleepyDragon That happened to me with Parable of the Sower. Overdrive didn't have it, but did have the sequel. I suggested it, though, and they eventually added it. 6y
Centique Woop woop! 😘 6y
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jpmcwisemorgan
jpmcwisemorgan
The Chess Queen Enigma: A Stoker & Holmes Novel | Colleen Gleason
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This is almost a pick. It's really not a bad YA mystery series, overall. The descriptions of Mina's nose and how much stronger, faster, etc. Stoker is than the average person have slowed down. If you pick up a series in the middle I think it's reasonable to have missed some of the finer points. The odd plot ploy that seemed like it was just thrown in there has been resolved. I hope it stays that way.

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Literary_Siren
Literary_Siren
The Chess Queen Enigma: A Stoker & Holmes Novel | Colleen Gleason
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Yay! I thought this was the last story in this series but it's not! New book coming in July!

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Literary_Siren
Literary_Siren
The Chess Queen Enigma: A Stoker & Holmes Novel | Colleen Gleason
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I'm sad this series has ended. I definitely think it could have continued but it doesn't look like the author wanted it too. This book was published October 2015. In now going to slip into a book coma. My TBR list numbers almost 720 books and I don't know what to read next!

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