A review by gimmebacon
The Gifts by Liz Hyder

slow-paced

3.0

I’m not exactly sure how I feel about this book quite yet. The plot and writing are fine, but for some reason I wasn’t pulled into the story. The chapters are short and there are at least 5 different points of view. Sometimes you’ll have a chapter from a random minor character’s POV so there was a lot of “head hopping.” We never find out WHY these women grow wings and perhaps that was the point? Edward’s point of view kind of overpowered the others. For me, this book was less about strong women in Victorian London and more about the dangers of confusing greed and ambition with “god’s will.”
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