A review by zosiablue
The Golden Key by Marian Womack

4.0

I don’t know how to rate this! It has a purposely dreamy Alice in Wonderland feel that isn’t always successful - sometimes I was unpleasantly confused (I don’t mind being lost in a plot if it’s sufficiently abstract). There are Victorian lady detectives, seances, fantasy worlds, eco terrorism?, and more. And in the end, despite some muddled storytelling and character building, I liked it! It was weird. It was fantastical. And I need to read it again. It felt like a book I would’ve understood better as a kid (which is actually a plot point!). And because I recognize that, 4 stars.