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A review by dnemec
Estate Sale by Mia Dalia
4.0
After Anastasia Koshmaroff dies, her estate is sold off to the people in her town. Unfortunately for them, her missing-and presumed deceased-husband dabbled in black magick. Many of the seemingly ordinary items are not as ordinary as one would think. Now the townsfolk have their treasures...and must deal the the consequences.
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Each chapter about an enchanted item is followed up with the ongoing story of Anastasia and her husband Pavel's lives. And what lives they led - meeting Aleister Crowley and Madame Blavatsky, spending time in Paris during the height of the Jazz Age, hanging out in London at the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and escaping right before the Blitz. Both the enchanted item chapters and the life recap chapters were fascinating.
Overall, the stories were woven together perfectly. What a great debut novel.
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Each chapter about an enchanted item is followed up with the ongoing story of Anastasia and her husband Pavel's lives. And what lives they led - meeting Aleister Crowley and Madame Blavatsky, spending time in Paris during the height of the Jazz Age, hanging out in London at the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and escaping right before the Blitz. Both the enchanted item chapters and the life recap chapters were fascinating.
Overall, the stories were woven together perfectly. What a great debut novel.