A review by rpleats
Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison

3.0

I really wanted to love this book. The stories of Rasputin's daughter and the fate of the last Romanovs are ripe for fictionalization, and Harrison's novel starts off strong. The descriptions of Tsarskoe Selo and St. Petersburg had me revisiting the places myself, and Masha's storytelling and the alternating chapters had me hooked. But then things sort of stalled -- the later half of the novel felt a bit confused, and the ending seemed too abrupt.