When Caroline Foster arrives at the Whitechapel Full Moon Society in search of her missing brother, she finds a dilapidated façade belying an interior as opulent as any exclusive gentlemen’s club. In exchange for room and board, Caroline is hired as the Full Moon’s maid, where she is given three orders: don’t ask personal questions, stay out of the iron-barred room on the second floor, and remain in her bedroom from sunup to sundown on the full moon.
But when it is revealed that the previous maid was murdered—an early victim of Jack the Ripper—and her brother has left behind no answers, only more questions, Caroline begins to suspect her hosts might be hiding something. As more bodies turn up with a connection to the Society, Caroline fears she may have unwittingly stumbled into a bedtime story, the kind with monsters and curses, family secrets and ancient lore.
It's supernatural historical fiction, a unique take on Jack the Ripper, which is probably one of its redeeming qualities. However, it was a bit slow at the beginning, and it became very predictable. At first, I had a feeling about who Jack was, but that changed with the introduction of another character.
I was not a fan of Caroline. While I commend her for traveling alone to find her brother as well as lying to get her position, I found her making naive judgments. It was a bit of a contradictory character.
As the story progressed, it felt like the supernatural elements were taken from The Vampire Diaries and the Underworld movie series. I wonder, like some others, if the supernatural elements were necessary. It could have gone somewhat differently, plot-wise.
Overall, I rate this novel 3 out of 5 stars.
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