Lady Helen Wrexhall has just been presented at court and is experiencing her first London Season. And the paranormal world is introduced carefully and doesn’t jar against the period details in any way. The love triangle doesn’t play out particularly predictably and the characters are well-written, distinct personalities and products of their time. The Regency setting isn’t just a gloss for an otherwise generic storyline, actual historical events are woven into the plot and the level of detail is deeply satisfying. And it was, although not quite in the way I expected.īecause for all the familiar ground this book covers – Regency era manners, balls and card parties a typical love triangle and the discovery of a paranormal world running parallel to the that of the everyday, and of powers and a destiny to fulfil – the way in which Goodman has written it breathes new life into it all. Anyway, I picked it up over the weekend because I thought it would be a light and fluffy slice of escapism. Not that I don’t have plenty to read at home it’s just that panic is catching. I’ve been meaning to read this for as long as it’s been in the library, so naturally it went on my panic-borrowing pile when we learned that our library was closing for the time being due to the COVID-19 situation.
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