The London Seance Society by Sara Penner
Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩
Having adored Penner’s first novel so much, it absolutely kills me to give this one a two-star review. This time around the characters were archetypes with little interesting development, the plot was predictable (trust me, you know what’s going to happen by the third chapter) and somehow the ending still felt rushed with lots of hand waving to make all the details work. Now, I do have to say that some aspects of what I enjoyed about Penner’s previous work shines here. The research is obviously thorough , this is 100% a story written by someone with a passion for history. The atmosphere is pretty spot on, this feels spooky and thriller-like even when the action is lackluster. Penner’s prose shines, the narrative here just fell short for me. Granted, if I wasn't comparing this directly to The Lost Apothecary, it might have been a much higher-rated read. I am hoping this is just a one-off that didn't do it for me and that I get chance to read more from this author even if this one was a miss.
1 comment:
Oh no! I have this one coming up soon. Nice honest review.
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