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Like Rice's Interview with the Vampire, this is sensual and sexual and interweaves a subject of the horror genre--in this case witches--with well-crafted historical fiction. Set in the France of around 1830, this is mostly the first person narrative of Herculine--the very name was a hint of her nature given the famous French hermaphrodite Herculine Barbin. She is a man, a woman--and a witch.
I found this novel a page turner--the details are lush and vivid without being flowery or overdone, makin ...more
I found this novel a page turner--the details are lush and vivid without being flowery or overdone, makin ...more
The first time that I was shock from reading a book even though I suspect it may be what I thought it was. It's written by James Reese which of course is a man but he seem to know much of how "female" think. I wonder if he had help from a woman to write this book. Very Bazaar! I have enjoy the book so far...
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