The True Colors Series is a great book.
I definitely recommend all of the books including The Yellow Lantern.
Great Read.

DNF, not my style of book. I liked The White City okay but the rest of the True Colors are just not doing it for me.

This series has been great! Thrilling stories that bring dark history to live leaving on the edge of the seat. Sad that these crimes actually happen but glad we can learn from them.

I'm so glad this series exists.  It's nice to have some good options for Christian fiction.  This one is one of my favorites in the "True Colors" series.  Good for someone looking for a gothic, suspense, romance. I always like reading historical fiction on those little known areas.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for allwoing me to read and review this book.

This is another addition to the True Colors series. Each book is historical fiction, dealing with crime that is based on true stories or events. This one is set during 1824 and deals with grave robbing. When Josie wakes up on the table of a doctor ready to perform and autopsy or other medical research, she begs to be spared. Because she was buried and assumed dead, he had paid grave robbers for her body. In order to be spared and to help her father who is almost headed to debtor's prison, she agrees to relocate to a town with a cotton mill, and when someone dies in an accident, she will assist another man in robbing the grave. Unfortunately, Josie has a conscience and is unable to follow through. She also begins to have feelings for the manager of the factory, Braham Terrance, and wants to do what is right. When Braham finds out she has some medical knowledge, he utilizes her skill to help the workers. All does not go well with the women at the factory, Braham or Josie.

I liked Josie's character. She wanted to help her father, but was struggling with her morals and beliefs. As she started to fall for Braham, she struggles, as she knows she is lying to him and feels she is not worthy. Braham is a great character and I really liked him. He was handsome, honest, hard working and caring. It was easy to see how Josie fell for him. There is an undercurrent of family dysfunction and nastiness that added a bit of drama to the story. I knew about grave robbing form tours I had taken of old cities and graveyards, but this story put a face onto those issues and explained a bit more as to why this was carried out. This story was dark and had a bit of a gothic feel, but Josie and the women at the factory added emotion and hope to this story. The ending was well done and pulled together several things that I was suspicious about. I enjoyed this one with its romance, hope, and criminal aspect. A nice addition to this series.

Gravediggers were sometimes called Resurrectionists. This gives a bit of information on what was happening in a time when even being dead was not safe.

Josephine Clay (Josie) was desperate she needed to do something to help her father and his debts. She doesn't understand that his debts are more than just money. She gets dragged into this dark deed. 

Josie was a healing touch through herbs. Those two areas of her life are in tension. Will she be able to break free from the debts. Is the mill a safe place for her or a place that will draw her even more into the dark nights.

I enjoyed this book in the True Colors series.

Thanks to netgalley for a copy of this book to read and review. The opinions and the review are my own.

Angie Dicken’s addition to the True Colors series delves into the history surrounding mills and grave robbing, and heroine Josephine Clayton winds up at the center of all the drama when she proves not to be as dead as the doctor presumed. With plenty of spying, accidents, and difficult choices, the story unfolds with suspense and intrigue in the pages of The Yellow Lantern.

I enjoyed this trip into history with Dicken. Though I was aware of mill hardships and the prevalence of body snatching, I have read few books that explore such topics. Dicken’s novel kept me fascinated from beginning to end, journeying through it all with Josephine and the various characters she encounters. Readers of historical fiction involving romance and mystery will not want to skip this new release.

I tried to listen to this book on audiobooks and it's just not my genre. I decided to pursue reading books I would enjoy more.

I've really  enjoyed  the True Colors series of crime novels set in various eras of American history.  I enjoy the historic context, but really love the strong female heroines.  Josephine's story is set in the Massachusetts mills towns of the early Industrial Revolution.

She becomes involved with grave robbers and the book offers surprising insight into the limited medical knowledge and practices of the early 19th century.  It's a quick and entertaining read, neither your typical romance nor thriller, but the best of both worlds.

Thank you to Net Galley & Barbour publishing for the Advance copy!

DNF 
2019; Barbour Books

I was expecting this one to be a true crime, but it was fiction and not very gritty.  I love historical fiction, especially mysteries, but this one didn't really have that.

Too dark for my taste at this time. Crime solving readers will enjoy The Yellow Lantern though. The cover is defiantly a pull for the story.

This is a new to me author, so I was anxious to read for that fact.  The subject matter of grave robbery is one I have heard about, but never read.  The beginning was a little confusing to me, but once I figured out who all the characters were and how they related to the story it picked up for me.  I loved the characters of Josie and Braham, I was glad to see them together in the end.  In all it was an enjoyable read and I will look forward to reading more of Ms. Dickens books.   

Thank you for giving me an advanced copy of this book and I look forward to continuing this series.

This book from the True Colors series didn't disappoint, I've been enjoying the entire series.  Before reading this book, I certainly knew that grave robbing was once all the rage. Doctors would grave rob or buy bodies off of robbers for research. There really wasn't any way to get corpses and they would dig up the graves of people of color or women or those who were mentally ill and use their bodies for research or learning.  This story follows a young woman who's grave is robbed but there's just one BIG problem - she wasn't dead inside of it. I loved how she got her life spared and her struggle to then move on, adjust to society, and try to prove she wouldn't be defined by her deal with a criminal.

I received an advanced digital copy of this book from the author, publisher and Netgalley.com. Thanks to all for the opportunity to read and review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own. 

The Yellow Lantern is the newest installment of the True Colors series of books. It has a little of everything: murder, intrigue, adventure and romance. Excellently written and thoughtfully done, the characters leap from the page.

5 out of 5 stars. Highly recommended.

This book was suspenseful and definitely kept me turning the pages! The entire plot was eery and I felt like the author did a great job of inciting the reader into the story. I didn’t know what to expect from this new to me author, but I enjoyed this book and will definitely keep an eye out for future releases from this author. Loving those series from Barbour!

*received free copy from netgalley for honest review* I've read the first book for this series, tho the matter you read them doesn't matter, these are considered to be a romance so its a shocker I like this series so much but they are tasteful and not annoying about it! Liked the characters and I have a thing for books about grave robbers lol not my favorite one but its on my list of top 5 now!

I expected to love this book.  I liked it but it didn't draw me into the story.  I liked the body snatching as that kind of thing did go on.  How scary that would have been.  All in all, it was a good story and I'll probably read more from Angie Dicken.

I feel like Angie Dicken is really hitting her stride as an author with this one!  The symbolism with the yellow lantern is deftly woven into the story and Josie’s peril is so vividly portrayed.  Of course I suspected a great deal of what happened at the end as far as who some of the players were, but the final crimes I didn’t really see coming because I didn’t think they would be quite that bold.  Whew!  

The romance in the story is chaste and secondary to the story of Josie’s peril and the other crimes in the story.  I was glad that it didn’t end up overshadowing the mystery and that the suspense carried through the story so nicely.  

I’ll definitely be reading more of this story as well as the next book this author writes.  

Thanks to the publisher for a free reading copy.  A favorable review was not required.

This is such an interesting series. Each written by a different author and based on a historical crime. I've also read the first two. You can read my reviews here for The White City and here for The Pink Bonnet. This one, The Yellow Lantern is focused on grave robbing for medical research. I found the plot interesting and the characters unique. The suspenseful story moved along at a good pace, and the setting was clearly depicted and educational. I enjoyed this historical suspense!!

I love this series and having established that; I should also mention that each book in the series can easily be read as a standalone novel.
This particular book focuses on the crime of grave robbing that, unfortunately, did occur way back when.
The author is new to me and I enjoyed her writing style. She didn't waste any time setting up the plot and drawing in the reader. Characters are well crafted and research is evident on a gruesome subject. 
I received an Advance Review Copy of this book on netgalley from the publisher. All opinions are my own.  @barbourpublishing #bookstagram