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The protagonist’s mixed-race identity and the 18th century setting is an intriguing combination...
okay so i was super excited when i first found out about this book! i was looking forward to a...
Mim is the main character to this story, a teenager trying to find her worth in the world of...
I love all things carnival and all things magical, so I was really really excited when I found...
I received this book not long after I first watched The Greatest Showman, so I was quite eager to...
Sadly, this book wasn't for me. Which is a shame because it has such a striking cover and sounded...
I was really looking forward to reading this book, especially as it has had comparisons to books...
The Electrical Venus is split it two narrative which are Mims and Alex point of views, I liked...
The Electrical Venus started out as a radio drama, also written by Julie Mayhew, which was...
When I first read the first impression of this book, I was skeptical as to whether or not I'd...
I adored this story. It just gave me all the feels! I loved the narrative, the setting, the...
Even though this book was definitely well written, interesting, and had amazing central...
The Electrical Venus is about a girl called Mim, a boy called Alex and other members of a...
I'm a bit late to getting around to readi The Electrical Venus and honestly, I don't know why I...
I've been really struggling with what to write for this review, because I was not a fan of this...
I really enjoyed reading this book, a contemporary novel that I was looking for. There are a...
I love the cover of this book! It’s so bright colourful and it lured me in! Definitely caught my...
My review for this short section of your book is that I loved the way you used big long dramatic...
This is a charmingly quirky tale of travelling sideshow people and their efforts to entertain the...
The plot is an odd one… It’s slow, weird and interesting but not a lot is going on. The story is...
I was really looking forward to this book of magical realism after recently reading the toymaker...
This was a wonderfully quirky drama and love story, embellished with advertising "broadsides"...
I really enjoyed this book! A wonderful set of characters and a great plot. I felt the main...
First of all, the cover is beautiful. That is what immediately drew me towards this book. When I...
The Electrical Venus tells the story of Mim, a half-caste 'girl-exotic', and Alex 'the one-armed...
Mim and Alex are part of a travelling carnival show run by Mr Grainger and his wife. Both have...
** 2.5 stars ** I thought I was going to really enjoy this book and unfortunately ended up...
I truly adored this book in every aspect possible. The story was beautifully written and was so...
The synopsis really attracted me to this book so I started to read with great anticipation. The...
A lovely little story set in a Georgian sideshow. For anyone who has struggled to find out who...
This is a book that got better near to the end. Not that it wasn't good at the beginning, but...
4.5* I think The Electrical Venus will be an underrated gem for the few who read it. I’d not...
This book was different to anything else I’ve read. The main characters, Mim (the half caste...
Author: Julie Mayhew Genre: Historical fiction Rating: ALL THE STARS!!! I...
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