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A review by biblioberg
The Wax Artist by Sarah L. King
3.0
Thank you to @sarahkingauthor & @lovebookstours for my gifted copy for a honest review.
Spring, 1803. An uneasy peace between Britain and France endures - for now. In Edinburgh, as speculation grows about the resumption of war, the city’s parlours and taverns find distraction in the intriguing new faces appearing in the affluent New Town. On Hill Street, the Andrews family arrives from London, reeling from a recent scandal but determined to make a fresh start. And on Thistle Street, Marie Tussaud’s waxwork exhibition opens, offering vivid glimpses of French royalty and revolutionaries alike.
Glimpses which French émigré and psychic Ailsa Rose does not welcome.
However, unwanted reminders of bloodshed and strife are the least of Ailsa’s worries. When her spiritual abilities cause her to cross paths with the Andrews family, she foresees the death of the eldest daughter, Clara. Disturbed by the violence of her vision, Ailsa feels compelled to investigate and to thwart Clara’s dreadful fate.
But as Ailsa digs deeper into the young woman’s secrets, she also finds herself unearthing the ghosts of her own past, including those she thought she’d left behind in revolutionary France…
My thoughts: this was an interesting journey through Ailsa’s eyes as an refugee from France and now in Scotland. I was a little disappointed that Madame Tussaud wasn’t featured more in this book as the synopsis said. I did found it intriguing that Ailsa had a vision of Clara’s demise & wanted to protect her with the help of a guardsman, Angus. It was a little slow in the beginning but the pace got frenzied during the end. It was all and all a fun read.
Spring, 1803. An uneasy peace between Britain and France endures - for now. In Edinburgh, as speculation grows about the resumption of war, the city’s parlours and taverns find distraction in the intriguing new faces appearing in the affluent New Town. On Hill Street, the Andrews family arrives from London, reeling from a recent scandal but determined to make a fresh start. And on Thistle Street, Marie Tussaud’s waxwork exhibition opens, offering vivid glimpses of French royalty and revolutionaries alike.
Glimpses which French émigré and psychic Ailsa Rose does not welcome.
However, unwanted reminders of bloodshed and strife are the least of Ailsa’s worries. When her spiritual abilities cause her to cross paths with the Andrews family, she foresees the death of the eldest daughter, Clara. Disturbed by the violence of her vision, Ailsa feels compelled to investigate and to thwart Clara’s dreadful fate.
But as Ailsa digs deeper into the young woman’s secrets, she also finds herself unearthing the ghosts of her own past, including those she thought she’d left behind in revolutionary France…
My thoughts: this was an interesting journey through Ailsa’s eyes as an refugee from France and now in Scotland. I was a little disappointed that Madame Tussaud wasn’t featured more in this book as the synopsis said. I did found it intriguing that Ailsa had a vision of Clara’s demise & wanted to protect her with the help of a guardsman, Angus. It was a little slow in the beginning but the pace got frenzied during the end. It was all and all a fun read.