Set in a time gone by, we have secrets and scandals. Honor and issues. It does move a bit slow, but it seems to have cause for that. The mystery still held up for me, I liked that part. It's more of old fashioned work, which I do like. The characters are odd, even for this time frame, but not unlikeable. 

My copy came from Net Galley. My thoughts and opinions are my own. This review is left of my own free volition.

First off let me start by saying that got this from the author at NetGalley. Thanks author! Secondly I haven’t read the first book in the series so the full impact of the story may not have reached me considering that a lot of events in the first book directly affected incidents in the second book.
That said, I really wanted to like this book. Afterall it was set in the regency era, there was mystery and a detective, and set in the regency era which is so rare and a little scandalous for that time, a sordid past, a pair of star crossed lovers. What more could you want right?
A lot apparently.
So generally speaking it took me about five hours to finish this book. Warning for all the spoilers.
The book is centered around a marquis called Trevlin and his betrothed Jane. Trevlin is not well liked by Jane’s father and he is trying to do everything in his power to ensure that Jane’s father does not call of the engagement. However when another mystery comes along, Trevlin feels duty bound to solve it thus putting his relationship with Jane in jeopardy.

Things I like about this book:

*The concept- amateur detective in the regency era? Cool. I was interested to see how it’d work out, since there’s a lot of hoops to dance through, especially if the detective in question is of consequence like the marquis. But it didn’t happen. Did the author bite of more than they could chew with this concept? Nancy Drew beats the MC here. By a mile.

*Trevlin’s character is pretty well built. The author cleary took into consideration the aftermath of what he suffered. But the thing with creating likable, humanly flawed characters is that you’re supposed to balance them out with enough good traits or skills to make him likable. And that didn’t happen. I mean, you don’t doubt that Trevlin is a good man at heart but the character does not endear himself to you. You’re literally only rooting for him because he’s a good guy, not because you like him. He’s sort of boring as a character despite all this character shaping. Author tried to make him 3D and succeeded but didn’t come up with a likable character.

*Lady S. – Most quirky character in the book.

*The villain. The villain/unsub was interesting when you went straight down to their backstory. I
mean psychopath drilled by the military culture they were immersed in as a child. The longing for recognition. The fact they they may have purposefully kept their mother sick and might have been fixated on their mother was all pretty cool.

Things that annoyed me:
*The mystery felt kinda disjointed. It read less like a mystery book and more like a Georgette Heyer romance novel. In short I don’t think the author meshed the genre with the setting very well.

*Chemistry between the main couple. The chemistry between the main couple felt like it was lacking. It does pick up later in the book but it still feels forced a bit. Maybe I would have a better idea of the character's relationship if I’d read the first book but i still think that chemistry ought to have shined through.

*Characters- Trevlin was somewhat likable in the star but later you sort of frowned at him because he seems too amateur and immature at times. You started questioning if he was he truly a Marquis. Did he have no formal training in society?
He is also prone to self pity. He’s flooded with guilt and has a case of PTSD which is understandable but like I said before nothing really counteracts this to make his likable and make you feel for him. I also lost track of how much times this guy decided to pick up the case and set it down. Trevlin becomes increasingly unlikable as the book proceeds. He does have his good points. He is kind and kinder than the rest of society but he doesn't think his actions through and his kindness often backfires on himself or on others.
- Jane: Jane is a little insipid, comfortable in her station and not very thoughtful of anybody beneath her. She does look better as a character later when she told Trevlin to go solve the murder though so it seems that she does think about others though she doesn’t have the same empathy as Trevlin does. I honestly spent a good chunk of the book wondering why Trevlin liked her and if there was anything more to his attraction to her than her looks.
-Jack- hmm. I have mixed feelings about Jack. He is clearly devoted to Trevlin but at the same time, his character seems to have a lot of switches. I must say though I don’t like the way Trevlin treats him especially since it was stated that Jack stuck with Trevlin through his dark times in the previous book.
Willy- Hmmm. I don’t know how I feel about Willy. He should be a cool plot device but it felt like he failed in execution. It’s also not the first time I’ve read this particular plot device and others have done it better

*I felt like there was missed opportunities in this story to make the mystery really well, mysterious. There were a lot of opportunities for red herrings and other stuff to make the mystery really convoluted and have you invested and thinking but the author just sort of wrapped it all up before they could really affect the story.

*Equally there was stuff that was added, maybe unnecessarily. The doctor’s outside lady for one. Did we really need to know about her?

*I found that certain scenes were described in detail and others, like the poisoning scene, the one you wanted in detail was just left out.

*I felt that characters just, sort of , meandered along. They interacted with little emotion and had little tension between them.

*The mystery felt half-hearted at best. That Miss Anderson killed them all was mildly shocking but the moment of revelation lacked heat. I mean here you are reading the climax of this book and it just sort of ushers the revelation in and doesn’t bring it out with a bang. The revelation of whose daughter she was, was more an ‘ahh’ moment than a shock.

*This book tried to be both plot-driven and character-driven and failed at both. I think the author should have picked one. It is more plot driven than character driven but the plot itself was awkward when it came to the mystery. The mystery is not crisp and clean. The book meanders and is not tightly written. The pacing is slow and awkward, there are not enough high points for you to be happy with. Climaxes are insipid.

*It felt like author was flipping from a romance to mystery. I guess I expected this to be a mystery book with a strong romance sub-plot but it turned out to be a romance with an awkward mystery sub-plot. And even that was choppy. The author seemed to go ‘oops forgot there was supposed to be mystery stuff in here, let’s go back to that’.

*Loose ends. I understand this is a series but with everything else feeling so flung about, loose ends were annoying.

*What happened with Jane: Uh what the hell? Why didn’t he fight for Jane? He’s been fighting for this woman for so long and then just seems to give up. Like dude, did you not think that your woman would not want to be married to this psycho-jerk? Did you not think beyond yourself for a second?

*The End: Um what happened to the end of the book? It just slowed down and went to nothing.

I thought The Scandal of Honor, book two from Lord Trevelin Mystery series, was a pretty good read. I am giving it four stars.

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I'm not sure what to say about this book.
I found it interesting enough to finish, but I found the ending rather unsatisfactory. It just ended, with out any real resolution. It felt like the author was writing and thought there were enough pages and stopped. Then, I assume, continued the story line in the next novel.
With a more satisfactory ending I would give a higher rating.

The manners and language are impeccable in A Scandal of Honor, which is something many readers may find slow going, especially because nothing much happens in the first part of the book. We are reminded over and over that Lord Silvester is getting married; there’s a reason for that, but honestly, a few instances would have been enough, I don’t need to be hit over the head. And then we find a young lady of recent acquaintance begging M’Lord to undertake to discover a murderer. Well, of course, he cannot turn her down, much to the consternation of his betrothed. And some readers, no doubt by this point.

The plot continues to meander as we travel along with the lord and his man through the English countryside, encountering various characters who provide a side story to the original murder. Who is innocent and who, indeed, is guilty? Some readers may not care by this point.

Eventually, the book shudders to a very strange ending, one that is perfectly understandable, I suppose, once readers realize this lordly protagonist doesn’t have a backbone or a manly gene in his body. I’ll be passing on the next entry in this series.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the copy of this book, in exchange for this review.

It has been two years since the duel that changed Julian, Lord Trevelin's life. He is now happily betrothed to Miss Jane Leavitt, a wealthy debutante. Her influence has helped to restore his reputation among Society. Her father, however, won’t let them set a date for the wedding.
Meanwhile, Trev is taken with the rumours about Miss Hannah Andersen, a young lady newly arrived in London for the season. Her military father was said to have put a period to his existence in order to escape the consequences of fleeing a battle with his wife and child. She, however, insists his death was an accident. Trev can't resist attempting to set the man's reputation to rights. He is assisted by his ethereal friend, Willy, and the boot boy-cum-valet, Jack, here’s also his elderly neighbour Mrs S.
This is the first book I’ve read by the author & I was interested enough to want to read the first book & look forward to the next surely things will be resolved as this book left me feeling sad. An enjoyable read that kept my interest all the way through even though at times it wasn’t a comfortable read. The characters were well portrayed & generally had plenty of depth.

My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

Honor has been Lord Trevelin's downfall. His penchant for looking into murders, missing jewellery has not endeared him to his future father in law who refuses to settle a date for his nuptials. He is not very happy with his future son in law despite his daughter's entreaties to set a date.

Now our Lord is about to be drawn into another mystery - one which does not bode well for his relationship with his fiancee, because the main person in the mystery is a young, unencumbered lady whose antecedents are a bit vague and whose presence in society is also not very certain.

Two sudden deaths in one household are certainly suspicious and the suspects are many. Lord Trevelin is involved in the pursuit of justice and in the end it is to his detriment because he is forced to give up his love as well.

A Regency era mystery which did not end happily ever after sadly but was an entrancing tale nevertheless.

The Scandal in Honor is a great historical mystery/romance. Miss Jane Leavitt is betrothed to the Marquis of Trevelin and it is a love match. Miss Jane's father keeps postponing the wedding because Lord Trevelin is an investigator for certain people. He has heard of Miss Anderson whose father was killed and some people thought it to be a suicide. Since it is hurting her Season and she wishes to find a husband, he thinks that proving that her father did not commit suicide would help her with entering society. He assists with buying her new clothes to help her with Miss Jane's knowledge but not necessarily hyer approval. There are so many twists and turns, secrets and mysteries that it will keep you on your toes. The surprise ending which will lead into the next book was not a cliff hanger but a continuation. I loved the writing and the mystery of this book. I plan to read the next books in the series. I received this book from Net Galley and the publisher for a honest review and no compensation otherwise.

There are some things wrong with this book. Lord Trevelin has been abuse by his cousin Eve. Is he crazy for taking the blame for him. Trevelin is a nice man who has finally found the love of his life guess who shows up to ruin it. A boy who he tried to save in the goal, died and now visits him in his room. Everyone has a opinion on what he should do and the gossip caused by his cousin is horrible. I did read the story and it is a cliffhanger which I personally don't care for. But it did keep my interest and I read it cover to cover and the editing needed a lot of work.But even with the negative things, it could be a really good tale. If Jane had truly loved him she would have eloped with him since her father wouldn't set a date to marry. I hope he eventually gets his HEA.
I received this ARC from the author and voluntarily reviewed it.

Two years later and Lord Julian Trevelin is happily betrothed to Miss Jane Leavitt though without a wedding date set. While waiting Trevelin becomes interested in the story of a Miss Hannah Andersen and the scandal attached to the death of her father. But what of Trevelin's scheming cousin Evelyn Rogers-Reimann.
Trevelin is a damaged soul and wishes to right what he perceives to be wrongs but it doesn't make him a particularly likeable character.
Although I enjoyed the book I wish that I had re-read the first in the series to re-acquaint myself with the history of Trevelin

This book was interesting, had a good plot line, yet; it fell short of being great. I believe it was due to the fact of not knowing anything about the Marquis, how old is he, who is Mrs. S to him, who is Willy? There are many unanswered questions; if you have not read the prior books, which I have not. If Trev had truly loved Jane, he would never have allowed his vile cousin to blackmail him. I liked Trev; he needs to grow up, man up, quit drowning his sorrows in alcohol! It makes him look immature and cowardly. I did like the premise of the story and would like to read the next one. Thank you Netgalley.
I recommend!.
Carolintallahassee

A very good historical mystery!
I loved the style of writing, the cast of characters, and the descriptions of the historical setting.
The mystery is solid and kept me guessing till the end.
Recommended!
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC

Giving this series a second try, although I wasn’t crazy about the first volume. I adore the Sebastian St. Cyr and Captain Lacey mysteries, and had hoped that the Marquis of Trevelin would settle into a worthy companion to them. Unfortunately, Trevelin is just unlikable. He’s a snob, and a whiner and a bore. And nobody else in the book is any better. I hoped that an occult addition introduced in the last pages of the first book might provide some interest in this one, but it didn’t add anything whatsoever to the story. The mystery itself wasn’t bad (and saved this from being a two star review) but everything else was just... tedious. I’ll stick to Lacey or St. Cyr in the future!

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC ebook in exchange for a review.