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A review by undervmountain
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
I have no idea why but from the cover I was expecting more of an alternative old London fantasy vibe, but this story is actually about Post War London, with magic, spies, and secret Russian plots, with a group of teenagers finding themselves in the middle of it.
The combination of magic and science was interesting, but over the course of the story, felt like it started to get more and more convoluted as people revealed themselves to be villains, large plans to do with some sort of bomb were made and yeah, I started to completely lose track of what the story was and where it was going.
The ending was good though, and I think moving the next book on by a year or too will make this really interesting, I didn't initially think I would be continuing the series but I'm now just curious enough to.
The combination of magic and science was interesting, but over the course of the story, felt like it started to get more and more convoluted as people revealed themselves to be villains, large plans to do with some sort of bomb were made and yeah, I started to completely lose track of what the story was and where it was going.
The ending was good though, and I think moving the next book on by a year or too will make this really interesting, I didn't initially think I would be continuing the series but I'm now just curious enough to.