Escaping From Houdini

I just can't. I have no idea where to start with this book, it was so good and heartbreaking and it left me with such a strange feeling. I laughed, I cried and I wanted to throw it against a wall. It is so hard to talk about it right now and to have some order in my thoughts, because they are all over the place. I finished the book last night and I didn't want to write the review right away, I said that it would be better if I waited until morning. Well, morning's here and I still have no idea what to say, because there are TOO MANY things to say.

Well, let's start with the spoiler-free review. Let me tell you: if you liked the first 2 books in the series, you are going to LOVE this one. I think it's my favourite so far, because it was so good and it made me feel so many things. Obviously, I have already fallen in love with Thomas Cresswell and he's such an amazing character. However, this book made me fall in love with him even more. He's so precious and amazing, he would do anything for Audrey Rose and his love for her has no end.
In this book, we see how their “relationship” takes some weird turns, how they encounter some problems and if their love for each other is strong enough to survive the horrible things that happen on the RMS Etruria.

Now, let's talk about the fun part: SPOILERS AHEAD.

Mephistopheles. That's all I have to say. I hated this character SO MUCH, because he made me kind of fall in love with him. Yes, that's weird, but I did NOT want to love him. I wanted to hate him because he created problems between Audrey Rose and Thomas. He made Audrey Rose break Cresswell's heart and mine too, because when Thomas realised that Audrey Rose may have feelings for Mephistopheles, I could feel his sadness. I was so sad, even now it makes me cry just thinking about those chapters. Poor, dear Thomas.
I was really mad at Audrey Rose for doing that to Thomas, but somehow I understood her. Mephistopheles is such an interesting, magical character that you cannot help yourself and want to see more of him. That's what happened to Audrey Rose, she got stuck in his web of lies and manipulation. However, he was not THAT BAD in the end. But I still hated him for coming between my 2 favourite characters and making Audrey Rose question her feelings for Thomas.
It was so obvious that the two of them are made for each other, I had high hopes that Audrey Rose was going to realise that and give up on her almost-feelings for Mephistopheles.
I loved what she did in the ending and how she saved Cresswell's life, as well as her realization that her feeling for Thomas could not be made less powerful. And even if she had some feelings for Mephistopheles, they were not enough and he was not the right man for her.


This book was brilliant. I can feel my heart breaking whenever I'm thinking about it and that's a sign that this book definitely deserves 5 stars.