Do Shut Up Mister Simms: A Penny Dreadful Review
In this
delightful novella by Rachael Acks, Mister Simms, long relegated to the position
of Adventure Assistant and Dog Walker, has an adventure of his own while the
captain is away.
An innocent
shopping trip goes terribly awry when one of the pirate crew is nicked by
security forces. If only Lucius had the patience to wait whilst the others
perused teapots! Instead, Meriwether Octavian Simms, on strict instructions to
avoid any “silly” courses of action, must accept help from the devious Deliah
Nimowitz to break his crewman out of gaol. It goes about as well as he expects,
and the price he must pay is embarrassing in the extreme. It involves dancing.
It is
marvelous to see a story from the point of view of Captain Marta Ramos’s
long-suffering sidekick, and it is just the sort of lighthearted fun the series
needs after the exceedingly bloody Blood
In Elk Creek. It gives a detailed look into the psyches of a couple rather
important secondary characters.
I give Do Shut Up Mister Simms four gears out
of five. It is a delightful addition to this series of adventures.
Your Correspondent From The Bookstore,
Penny J. Merriweather
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