Ripped: A Jack the Ripper Time-Travel Thriller by Shelly Dickson Carr

Title: Ripped: A Jack the Ripper Time Travel Thriller

Author: Shelly Dickson Carr

Pages: 520 pages

Published: December 1st 2012 by New Book Partners 

Notes: This book was given to me courtesy of Netgalley and New Book Partners for an honest review. Thank you. 

Summary: Katie Lennox wishes her parents were still alive. Having to leave Boston to live with Grandma Cleaves in London was hard, but she's making new friends, working on her British accent and even learning some Cockney rhyming slang. London's cool and actually feels like home in some ways, like she's been here before, belongs here. When a museum visit with her cousin and his cute friend turns funky, Katie finds herself in a long, uncomfortable dress, wearing a ridiculous hat, wondering what happened to her jeans and high-top sneakers? And where's her iPhone?... It's London, 1888. Smart and gutsy, Katie knows she's here to stop Jack the Ripper. The serial killer didn't just slash his victims' throats; he butchered the women. Katie has read about the Ripper, knows the names of his victims and where and when they were killed. She's watched her fair share of CSI. Can Katie save their lives?

MY REVIEW

I tried reading this twice, and was unable to get into it. While the writing was great, I just couldn't get past the characters and over usage of a Cockney accent. It was repeated over and over that one of the characters had that kind of accent, but it only really needed to be said once or twice. 

However, I do have to say I loved the idea of the Ripper museum.  It was described almost as if you were there, and would be interesting to see such an exhibit in real life. Using holograms and wax figures to account for the tales of the famous murder. 

Maybe at another point in time I will try this book again, but right now it's in my did not finish pile.