Saturday, July 7, 2012

The House of Velvet and Glass

Author: Katherine Howe
Stars: 4
Review by: Jambob

This was an interesting read and one of the many fictional books created to commenorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic. It is of course based in the early 1900's with flash backs to the late 1800's. The time is one where spiritualism became a fad and the setting is Boston. There is the intertwinning of drug use which was not illegal at the time. This is the author's second novel and she is an interesting story teller. The book would have been given a higher rating had she made the story a little tighter in fewer pages. But romance, nostalgia, precognition and the Titanic tragedy are all there!

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