The Clockwork Scarab

From the publisher: "Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you’re the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood. And when two society girls go missing, there’s no one more qualified to investigate. Now fierce Evaline and logical Mina must resolve their rivalry, navigate the advances of not just one but three mysterious gentlemen, and solve murder with only one clue: a strange Egyptian scarab. The stakes are high. If Stoker and Holmes don’t unravel why the belles of London society are in such danger, they’ll become the next victims."

Wow, Blogger has really changed their formatting and I don't like it! I couldn't get the picture in the correct spot or add a caption to it. But here is the review:
The premise for this series is really fun and the ending was incredibly exciting, but the rest kind of dragged. I hope it was just because it had a lot of set-up and world building to do. Maybe the rest of the series won't begin so slowly. I do not like Steampunk and I was quite confused by the world-building and had trouble picturing this weird London in my head. I did like the characters and thought they were very well done and look forward to seeing them develop through the series. I think this series would be good for older or more mature middle schoolers just because of the world building and Victorian language. 

 Areas of concern: 

*A young woman is murdered by electrocution in front of our 2 main characters. 

*The 2 main characters face some very intense situations including one being kidnapped 

 Suggested Ages: 

Publisher's Weekly - Ages 12+ 

School Library Journal - Grades 8+