A review by eesti23
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

"I swear and promise before god, author and creator of all things...Never to teach ungrateful persons or fools the secrets and mysteries of the trade...Never to divulge the secrets confided to me...Never to administer poisons...To disavow and shun as a pestilence the scandalous and pernicious practices of quacks, empirics and alchemists...And to keep no stale or bad drug in my shop. May god continue to bless me so long as I continue to obey these things!" -- Ancient Apothecary's Oath

"I mean that you can be anything you want in London."

"You are not searching for a thing so much as you are searching for an inconsistency of things, or an absence."

What a great surprise The Lost Apothecary ended up being. Not only was the cover beautiful, but the story inside was wonderful as well. Three points of view, two set in the same time period and the third much later. However the symbolism and storyline regularly knit through each other. Plus there was a map at the beginning and books with maps are always extra special. :-) Had me wanting to open an apothecary!
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