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A review by pollyno9
The Alchemist of Souls by Anne Lyle
3.0
I really dithered over this one. It took me a long time to read (relatively), and I was probably a little distracted when I *was* reading it, which makes me think I missed some things.
It's an alternate history, a genre I haven't really read before, and I don't think I knew that going into it, which didn't help its case.
That being said, I liked it. The writing was very engaging, without too much period dialect, which is nice. That can bog things down sometimes. It took me a long time to figure out the relationship between Mal and Ned, and frankly, I'm still not sure I understand. Which kind of bugged me.
This book also spent a lot of time backstage in the London theater, which was a new setting for me, and one I enjoyed.
Basically, I feel a little lost after reading this, but I'm not sure if that is my fault, or the fault of the author.
It's an alternate history, a genre I haven't really read before, and I don't think I knew that going into it, which didn't help its case.
That being said, I liked it. The writing was very engaging, without too much period dialect, which is nice. That can bog things down sometimes. It took me a long time to figure out the relationship between Mal and Ned, and frankly, I'm still not sure I understand. Which kind of bugged me.
This book also spent a lot of time backstage in the London theater, which was a new setting for me, and one I enjoyed.
Basically, I feel a little lost after reading this, but I'm not sure if that is my fault, or the fault of the author.