

This sounds like the perfect book for an Aardvark book box! Fingers crossed!
This sounds like the perfect book for an Aardvark book box! Fingers crossed!
TLDR: This is very much a historical fiction novel with elements of horror towards the end. Overall, I thought it was nicely done with the dual timelines of present-day & London 1769 working well here & a fitting, if slightly rushed ending. 3.75🌟
My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, VERVE Books, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
Full Review & TWs: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7463737218
Read 17th - 19th Sept 2025
This is a really interesting story, It hooks you in with the talk of body horror and glamour and it just doesn't let you out. Its of course a very dark and quite twisted story but its so well written. It splits between the two timelines developing the story in past and present until it converges. The ending was so well written and although a part of me wanted a slightly different ending. This one worked and was right for the story and characters.