The Dark Days Club (2016)

by Alison Goodman

Series: Lady Helen Dark Days Club (1)

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"In April 1812, as she is preparing for her debut presentation to Queen Charlotte, Lady Helen Wrexhall finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy reaching to the very top of society, and learns the truth about her mother, who died ten years ago"--

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"Sometimes there is no good choice."

This is really more of a 3.5 rating, but I am rounding up. This was a wonderful book...but one I definitely recommend to read as much as you can in one sitting. It's a bit daunting - there's a lot of atmosphere, plot and characters to get to know and the pacing can feel pretty slow as you get to know the time and the people.

But the Dark Days Club, once you get to know it, is interesting and a great twist on a typical historical story. Helen's story felt real - her struggle to live by social norms but also try to help Darby and Lord Carlston. It was a fun adventure and I did enjoy it! (

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Trisha_Thomas | Nov 14, 2024 |

Buffy meets regency romances--and as a fan of both, I enjoyed this book. Very well researched--just because a book deals with supernatural demons doesn't mean it should scrimp on historical detail. A little maudlin and draggy in the middle, with a lover's triangle that is more of a straight line, but I look forward to the next installment. (

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cgalvin | Nov 9, 2024 |

At 37% it started to become supernatural and it lost me. (

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kakadoo202 | Feb 28, 2024 |

Well written, if a little too earnest for my taste, historical fantasy set in Regency London. It is the coming out season of lady Helen, and her uncle means to see her married to erase the taint of her dead parents transgressions.
As Lady Helen reaches maturity, she comes into strange powers, and learn disturbing things of her own nature and place in the world.
Although the worldbuilding is adequate, the mythology is less than compelling. (

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amberwitch | Jan 21, 2024 |

Really wanted to like this, but it was TOO MUCH. You know how you wish that Libba Bray would calm it with the 20's slang in The Diviners? This is more irritating than that.
Probably worth noting that I hate historical fiction, but was drawn in with the promise of monsters.
Not for me. You might like it though... (

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kimlovesstuff | Dec 31, 2023 |

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Aurealis Award (Finalist – Fantasy Novel – 2015)

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NPR: Books We Love (2016)

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The Best Children's Books of the Year (Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Historical Fiction – 2017)

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The Dark Days Club

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2015-12-14

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Lady Helen Wrexhall

William Standfield, Earl of Carlston

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In 1810, the British King, George III, descended into a melancholy madness from which he would never recover.

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"In April 1812, as she is preparing for her debut presentation to Queen Charlotte, Lady Helen Wrexhall finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy reaching to the very top of society, and learns the truth about her mother, who died ten years ago"--

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New York Times bestseller Alison Goodman’s eagerly awaited new project: a Regency adventure starring a stylish and intrepid demon-hunter!

London, April 1812. On the eve of eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall’s presentation to the queen, one of her family’s housemaids disappears-and Helen is drawn into the shadows of Regency London. There, she meets Lord Carlston, one of the few who can stop the perpetrators: a cabal of demons infiltrating every level of society. Dare she ask for his help, when his reputation is almost as black as his lingering eyes? And will her intelligence and headstrong curiosity wind up leading them into a death trap?

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