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The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1)

Jennifer Donnelly

Start date: October 2, 2012

Finish date: October 31, 2012

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Sep 26, 2015 Avigail rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: physical-book, 2015, own, 5-stars

Even though I re-read this book in Greek my review will in English.
I love Jennifer Donnelly's writing. With this book I traveled back to time of the end of the 19th century. It is a captivating, engagin and heartfelt book. A historical fiction and at the same time it is a mystery plot. There is romance, action, murder, destruction, greed, ambition and even revenge. There are great characters in this story that you will not forget easily, especially Fiona Finnegan who is the central figure with g ...more

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Sep 20, 2012 Avigail rated it it was amazing

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East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spu ...more

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Aug 02, 2013 Kat rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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At time predictable, but overall gripping tale of a badly dealt hand turning. Can't wait to read the part 2 and 3. Already ordered other Jennifer Donnelly books. I hope they are as good. She will soon be a favorite author if all her novels are this good. ...more

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