A review by djinnia
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
5.0
I received this book through Goodreads First Reads.
I loved this book. It was a fun read.
It starts out with Janie out of her element when she moves to England because the American government targets her parents as Communists. From sunny California to dreary post-war London, her world shifts drastically.
She meets an apothecary and his son, and her world takes another dramatic leap when she stumbles on the kidnapping of the apothecary. Now there are people after her and his son for a book with alchemical secrets.
This was a wonderful story full of intrigue and spies and magic seamlessly woven together. The tension built with each chapter as each new secret was revealed until the final one in the climatic ending.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would love to read the sequel The Apprentices. (hint hint to the giveaway gods.) =D
I loved this book. It was a fun read.
It starts out with Janie out of her element when she moves to England because the American government targets her parents as Communists. From sunny California to dreary post-war London, her world shifts drastically.
She meets an apothecary and his son, and her world takes another dramatic leap when she stumbles on the kidnapping of the apothecary. Now there are people after her and his son for a book with alchemical secrets.
This was a wonderful story full of intrigue and spies and magic seamlessly woven together. The tension built with each chapter as each new secret was revealed until the final one in the climatic ending.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would love to read the sequel The Apprentices. (hint hint to the giveaway gods.) =D