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5.0
Braithwaite's Charlatan is a delightfully raw read that gets under your skin. One of the King's mistresses, Athenais, is aging and he's preferring fresher flesh. She is desperate to win back the affections of her King, for the welfare of her many children. When she is introduced to the world of witchcraft, she thinks she's dabbling with harmless love potions. But she finds herself at the centre of a scandal so dark it stands to jeopordise everything she has built with the King. The novel holds the reader captive from the very first page and Braithwaite is a master of language and suspense. Charlatan is a wonderful novel, full of mystery and intrigue, that takes the reader on a fascinating journey through black masses, politics, witchery and the downfalls of trying to capture someone's heart forever.
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