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The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner

38 reviews

lakea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape

piebelly's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism

erinmichele_reads's review

adventurous emotional mysterious

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

abnormal_shadow's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So, this book was recommended to me by someone who had read the Last Binding Trilogy (a book series i love very much and everyone should read) saying it was pretty similar which I do get. I like that the book is based off sort of off real life setting and Seance craze as stated by the author in the note they left. When I first started to book, I assumed it predictable from what I could see but as the story progressed, I realized I knew nothing of what was going to happen, guessing something spot on and others very much wildly wrong. I like that the romance was not the A plot and not even the B plot more of a side to the main course that was the 2 murder mysteries. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

kelisabeth's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ginafugate's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing!!! I absolutely LOVED this author’s first book, The Lost Apothecary, & thought nothing else could compare but I was wrong! This book is as good - if not BETTER - than TLA.  Loved all the mystery with its many twists & turns, super strong world building, solid character development, plot, and romance of different kinds.  I highly recommend this book and can’t wait for her next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

ktdakotareads's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

asanders88's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Very captivating look back to a time when spiritualism was taking over London. The author really painted the picture and drew me into the story. I love a dual point of view as both characters work to solve murders and you wonder about their connection.  Very well written!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

whimsylee's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Loved the Victorian spiritualism  and the sapphic romance. The mystery pulled me in and compelled me to keep reading. Some of the writing was redundant and I personally disliked the use of misogyny in this book. If you like spooky/historical mysteries and sapphic romance, I recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

emilywemily6's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This one is kind of hard for me to rate, especially because I loved Penner’s first book! The writing at the beginning was hard to follow and so I was confused for the first half of the book that the beginning seance was Evie’s. The first half was kind of slow while the second half got more interesting and definitely picked up speed. I feel like these characters were overly sexualized and the focus on lust detracted from the story and from the other personality traits of the characters- literally everyone is obsessed with sex in this book. I found the society’s secrets very intriguing and how the scandal kept growing, though some of the “twists” were very predictable. I also feel like the ending wrapped up too nicely because of the paranormal being able to do things these characters could not. Lenna did some stupid things and often didn’t even try to fight her way out of tricky situations. I would have appreciated a bit more effort on her part. This book feels  different than Penner’s previous and while I generally enjoyed it, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcohol