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A review by wildflowerz76
The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
Did not finish book.
DNF. I liked The Lost Apothecary and frequently recommend it at work. So, of course I was happy to get this ARC. It sounded like a good story too. But I was just bored. I couldn't get into this one. Like at all.
I was also a tad annoyed that by page 17, we get a throwaway line that was historically inaccurate. The story takes place in 1873. But Vaudeline says, "You will not find any Ouija boards or planchettes in my possession." The first Ouija board wasn't made until 1890. Before that, they were just called talking boards, but they were only around for a few years before that. And I also think the planchette early on was just referred to as a table. I'm not sure this would have even registered to me, but I just listened to a podcast about talking boards. It's a small detail, but it's very easily checked.
I was also a tad annoyed that by page 17, we get a throwaway line that was historically inaccurate. The story takes place in 1873. But Vaudeline says, "You will not find any Ouija boards or planchettes in my possession." The first Ouija board wasn't made until 1890. Before that, they were just called talking boards, but they were only around for a few years before that. And I also think the planchette early on was just referred to as a table. I'm not sure this would have even registered to me, but I just listened to a podcast about talking boards. It's a small detail, but it's very easily checked.