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Jan 01, 2019 Christine H rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: girl-vs-house

I could not put this down. I literally spent all day on 12/30 just reading this. 400+ pages in one day, because I couldn't bear to part with it (thank you, Xmas/NYE vacation for giving me the slack to do it!).

This is hard to describe, and I want to avoid spoilers. I can say that it starts in a Dickensian setting, has a Gothic, crumbling mansion, a Victorian madhouse, a love story, and plenty of twists & turns. Even when I kind of knew where it was going, it was thrilling to see things play out! ...more

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Aug 08, 2017 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lgbt, historical-fiction

This book had two major strengths for me. Firstly it felt very genuine in its time and locations, I really felt like I'd been transported to Victorian London. The characters were also very believable and relatable, in their own ways.

Secondly, the clever and twisty plot was fantastic in that each of the new acts of the story made you almost completely re-evaluate everything you felt and thought about the previous act.

Even though everything was theoretically resolved by the end, I like that it was ...more

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Apr 18, 2014 Nicole rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: didn-t-finish, 2015

I finally gave up on this book after trying to get through it for six weeks and only getting through 200 pages. The book has it's moments, and I will absolutely admit to getting interested at the plot twist at the end of part one. Unfortunately it reverted to the slow, plodding pace, and I started skimming again.
Other than the pace, I have no specific complaints about the book, but every time I put it down, there was nothing pulling me back to it at all, and I no curiosity about what happened t ...more

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Mar 02, 2018 Julie rated it liked it

I liked this one, a bit of a slower pace than I had expected and I had to put it down a few tunes due to interest and traveling. I enjoyed the setting and how exquisitely crafted both the story and setting were. Overall I liked it and will try another of hers.

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