If you're into true and unsolved crimes, then you will love this one! I had a great reading it. It felt short and gripped me the whole time. The writing style was easy to follow and it was a huge page turner. I love everything that is based around Jack The Ripper Mystery, so I was kinda biased, but this book didn't disappoint!

In 1888, women are being killed and mutilated in Whitechapel. Jack the Ripper has taken over his best friend’s body. There are two personalities in one body. Jack the Ripper has been instructed by the gods to kill the “dark”as London is more “dark” than light. Someone named Nick is having his witches collect souls. Why? Jack/John speaks to the good witch clans to have them help find Nick so Jack/John can kill him. Meanwhile they search for the witches that Nick has to stop them collecting souls. Will they be successful?

This is at times a bloody novel. It’s not as bad as I thought it might be. It was a book that at first I found to be a slow book but as you get further into the book it isn’t so slow. I liked the different story of Jack the Ripper. It made it quite interesting. As I understand, this book is a prequel that needs to be read before the first volume. The combination of Jack/John was quite fascinating to me.

Very slow start, though its a very interesting twist on Jack the Ripper stories and retellings. Its a great book if you have the patience to get to the more exiting parts as well as if you want a new version of the infamous Jack the Ripper.

One man, Jack the Ripper, haunted the dark streets of Whitechapel in the year 1888. One may not wish to call him a man, for at the end of the day, he never was, not entirely. The Ripper was and always has been more of a specter than a man, but who is he? The stories you've been told couldn't be further from the truth—a barber, a doctor, and even a prince?

Ahead is a look into the real Ripper's story from his eyes and those among him. The riveting story of Jack and his most beloved friend, John, along with those they saved, and those they damned at the request of the goddess, Fate, finally comes to light. This is a story of loss, demons, witches, and the tormenting of one man by the puppeteering hands of one very stingy individual named old Nick.

This was a novel that was VERY slow to start and I honestly nearly DNF’d it because at times the plot was confusing, especially in the opening chapters but I am glad I stuck at it.

Robertson gives a new perspective of the done to death Jack the Ripper storyline and offers a fresh take on it as well as its infamous protagonist.

I enjoyed John’s ongoing turmoil and torment with being trapped with Jack ‘The Ripper’ inside him. The general plot line was interesting and intriguing as it utilised known events but gave a new spin on them.

However, I really could have done without the continuous rhyming verse that Jack spoke in - at times I felt like I was stuck in a R-rated Dr Seuss novel. Not ideal!

Mr. Robertson tries to take the always mythos surrounding Jack The Ripper and adds a supernatural element. Unfortunately, it does not work very well for me and is disjointed in nature. On a positive note, the description of Whitechapel London in 1888 is vivid and well done. Perhaps he should have concentrated on that rather than the supernatural addition tothis already interesting subject.

What can I say?! This book by James Robertson is a new, albeit very odd take on a real life nightmare.....England's own Jack the ripper.

A story from the point of view of none other than Jack himself but with a unique twist...a Dr. Jekyll Mr Hyde view of the the murderer that only gets stranger very quickly.

Incorporating demons and and witches and the stealing of souls and all sorts of fantastic beings.

Although a little confusing at first, this story is a wild ride all the way.

If you want some very imaginative and graphic stories, this it!