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A review by oashackelford
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
5.0
I think that this is the first book that was described as a Jane Austen Regency style book that I actually felt like was a Regency style book.
Dora only has half a soul, which is fine since the only real problem that it has caused so far is that she doesn't feel anything deeply. Not love, or hate, or even anger. This makes her odd and and problem for her Aunt Frances who is trying to marry her own daughter, Vanessa, off to someone in a higher position. Dora is off putting to everyone except to the new Lord Sorcier who is in charge of magic for the crown, and who himself is off putting to everyone around him.
Can the Lord Sorcier help Dora retrieve her lost soul? Can they solve the sleeping plague that seems to been haunting London?
I like that this was a standalone novel because I felt like I got closure at the end of the book instead of being left hanging. That said, I really enjoyed the book and I was a little sad at the end when there wasn't anything else to read. I hope that maybe someday Olivia Atwater will do what Diana Wynn Jones did and write books about other characters who live in the same place, and know the characters that you love, but have their own stories because I really loved the world that she built for this book.
Dora only has half a soul, which is fine since the only real problem that it has caused so far is that she doesn't feel anything deeply. Not love, or hate, or even anger. This makes her odd and and problem for her Aunt Frances who is trying to marry her own daughter, Vanessa, off to someone in a higher position. Dora is off putting to everyone except to the new Lord Sorcier who is in charge of magic for the crown, and who himself is off putting to everyone around him.
Can the Lord Sorcier help Dora retrieve her lost soul? Can they solve the sleeping plague that seems to been haunting London?
I like that this was a standalone novel because I felt like I got closure at the end of the book instead of being left hanging. That said, I really enjoyed the book and I was a little sad at the end when there wasn't anything else to read. I hope that maybe someday Olivia Atwater will do what Diana Wynn Jones did and write books about other characters who live in the same place, and know the characters that you love, but have their own stories because I really loved the world that she built for this book.