Review Detail

Reader reviewed by Iryna

Science,
spiritualism, history, and romance intertwine in Suzanne Weyn's newest
novel. Five sisters and their mother make their way from a spiritualist
town in New York to London, becoming acquainted with journalist W. T.
Stead, scientist Nikola Tesla, and industrialist John Jacob Astor. When
they all find themselves on the Titanic, one of Tesla's inventions
dooms them...and one could save them.

I absolutely adore
the cover. The floating dress with the tulips gives it a slightly eerie
and mysterious feel that catches my breath. I love the way the dress
folds at the bottom and the cluster of bubbles. This cover is probably
the only reason I picked up this book.

When I first started this
novel I wasn't sure what to expect. This book is set a hundred year
into the past so of course you can claim it as historical fiction which
is not my favourite. However, I was excited to see how Suzanne Weyn
would use the Titanic as the main plot in her novel.

At
first I found it quite difficult to get into the novel but after the
first few chapters that was not a problem. I was shocked at how easily
I could relate to Jane, the main character, and how her thoughts
matched mine almost exactly. However, I took me a good chunk of the
book to get used to Jane's name - even now I'm not sure that it's quite
right for her.

I thought the language they used in the book was
very accurate except for the odd word or two. The part where Jane and
her older sister, Mimi, go to New York was perfect in almost every
sense of the word (especially Thad *sigh*) but, well . . . something
happened.

I'm not really sure what is even was, maybe is was the
fact that I missed Thad and Mimi, but the story slowed down
considerably and I just wasn't that involved in it. However, when Jane
and her family go to England the story picked up it's pace again and it
was quite enjoyable once again.

The way the author tied in
spiritualism into the book was what I though quite clever and
entertaining. I liked the way Suzanne got the characters abroad the Titanic and
everything that went from there ESPECIALLY the twists she put into the
end (Suzanne you are a genious!) but I thought the sinking of the Titanic could have been a bit more dramatized.

I think almost anyone can enjoy this remarkable tale which is why I am giving it an A-.