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Publisher: Leisure Books
Publish Date: 20 August 2009Origins: Author for Review
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Blurb: What fortune awaited sweet, timid Percy Parker at Athens Academy? Considering how few of Queen Victoria’s Londoners knew of it, the great Romanesque fortress was dreadfully imposing, and little could Percy guess what lay inside. She had never met the powerful and mysterious Professor Alexi Rychman, knew nothing of the growing shadow, the Ripper and other supernatural terrors against which his coterie stood guard. She knew simply that she was different, haunted, with her snow-white hair, pearlescent skin and uncanny gifts. But this arched stone doorway offered a portal to a new life, an education far from the convent—and an invitation to an intimate yet dangerous dance at the threshold of life and death…
Review in 5: Steampunk, Intriguing, Ghosts, Fresh, Beautiful
Review: I have had this book for way longer than I should have, and I apologize for that. I read it all in one sitting, after I finally sat down with it. It is amazing! This book has everything you can want in a great paranormal! It has ghosts, outcasts, sexy professors, friends, and amazing writing.
The characters in this story are the some of the best I have ever read and truly make the story so beautiful. They jump off the page and beg you to keep reading about them. The story itself is unique and fresh, such a great ingenious premise, and so different from so many other paranormal stories I have read. To continue on my gushing spree, the writing is so beautiful, almost lyrical and poetic in nature. I enjoyed jumping into the writing just as much as I loved the story and the characters.
I love this book, it is so beautiful and I can't wait to read the next one.
The characters in this story are the some of the best I have ever read and truly make the story so beautiful. They jump off the page and beg you to keep reading about them. The story itself is unique and fresh, such a great ingenious premise, and so different from so many other paranormal stories I have read. To continue on my gushing spree, the writing is so beautiful, almost lyrical and poetic in nature. I enjoyed jumping into the writing just as much as I loved the story and the characters.
I love this book, it is so beautiful and I can't wait to read the next one.
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I also really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading the next one. I also just discovered that the Audio book shop is offering the audio book for free!
ReplyDeleteI just got this in the mail yesterday, and now I'm even more excited to dive in. Great review!
ReplyDeleteI have both books sitting on my Kindle just waiting to be read... I think I need to quit putting them off!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great review (and giveaway)!!
Ack! I've got a copy of this still sitting on my shelf too! I've really got to get this read.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI wanna read it with that review