Capturing the Devil by Kerry Maniscalco

Title: Capturing the Devil 
Author: Kerri Maniscalco

Page Count: 453

Rating: B

Format Read: Audio via Libby

Genre: Young Adult

Keywords: Serial Killers, Love, Weddings

Kid Appropriate: Teens and older

In the fourth installment in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series Audrey Rose finds herself in a world of drama. Will she be able to marry her one true love? Is Jack the Ripper still alive? Did he follow her to America? 

If you are new to this series, then I recommend starting at the beginning as these books should not be read solo. The main character is Audrey Rose Wadsworth and she is a teenage girl living in Victorian London when Jack the Ripper begins his killing spree. But Audrey Rose is no ordinary girl cowering from the monster hunting the streets. She is apprenticed to her uncle, as a medical examiner performing autopsies. She must work with his other apprentice, Thomas Cresswell, to hunt out the fiend before it is too late. My review for Stalking Jack the Ripper can be found here. I do not have review up for book two (Hunting Prince Dracula...which is amazing by the way) but I do have a video review up for book three, Escaping from Houdini. You can check that out below.

Now following book three, Audrey and Thomas have landed in America. Murder and love intertwine in this series finale...though it is not necessarily the most balanced union. Nearly half of the book is focused on these two characters professing their love for one another ad nauseum, wondering if their families will approve of aforementioned love, can they possibly get married, oh no drama about getting married, and debating just becoming lovers. Which is fine. I adore them as a couple and have happily followed them for three previous books. However, there just was not enough murder.

Towards the last 10% of the book we do start to get some snippets of mystery and murder and less internal turmoil. I genuinely enjoyed this part and was wanting to pay more and more attention...but it ended really quickly. Spending more time with the creepy, intense moments and the murder hotel would have really made this book a more solid finale.

If you're already a fan, then this series does wrap up nicely enough with enough hints at the couple's future that you are left intrigued. If you are new, then I definitely recommend reading at least the first two books. I adored them! 

Check out my video review for Capturing the Devil below and happy reading!