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Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
3.0

I'm not sure how I learned about this novel or author Gwendolyn Kiste, but I quite enjoyed catching up with Dracula's Lucy Westerna and Bertha 'Bee' Mason, the first wife of Jane Eyre's Edward Rochester.

This unlikely couple is bonded by the traumas inflicted upon them by toxic males who taunt them decades later. That the setting for this story is 1967-era summer of love Haight-Ashbury makes for an unexpected reading delight. My thanks to the author for giving these two memorable supporting characters their own turn in the spotlight.