Normally I am a big fan of historical fiction as a genre, and as an Early Modern Historian I particularly like those titles set around 1500-1700.
This novel, despite an intriguing premise (and really attractive cover art, it would at least add some extra safistication to your collection aesthetically speaking), was sadly very disappointing.
Though it started out positively enough, the writing quickly became clunky and repetitive and was, in part because of these factors, painfully slow.
I really, desperately wanted something to happen because I’d been so excited to read this, but honestly, murder took absolutely forever to happen.
If you’ve got your heart set on a historical read, I’d highly recommend ‘The Familiars’ instead.
This novel, despite an intriguing premise (and really attractive cover art, it would at least add some extra safistication to your collection aesthetically speaking), was sadly very disappointing.
Though it started out positively enough, the writing quickly became clunky and repetitive and was, in part because of these factors, painfully slow.
I really, desperately wanted something to happen because I’d been so excited to read this, but honestly, murder took absolutely forever to happen.
If you’ve got your heart set on a historical read, I’d highly recommend ‘The Familiars’ instead.