I highly recommend this book for various reasons but 2 in particular.
The story takes place in two different times but both times are connected.
One year is 1585 the other is 2013.
In my reading of this book it also pulled me into two different types of reading.
What I mean by that is that when I was reading the parts that took place in 1585 I felt a sense of reading a classic like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or Bram Stroker's Dracula. In terms of it being a bit dry & forcing you to pay attention to every detail which I found odd because the writing was not dry but it was just the way my mind had operated as I immersed myself in the book.
Then when it would jump to 2013 I was back in time with many of today's writing & still highly immersed in the book waiting to turn the next page.
The author Rebecca Alexander successful pulls you into these two world, forcing you to dive deep into each of the lives involved.
It starts with the murder of a girl & a Professor Felix Guichard being called in to examine symbols that have been painted on the body.
The symbols look similar to those on a metal disc in a museam that go with a "journal" of sorts written by Edward Kelley who was the assistant to a noted alchemist by the name of Dr. John Dee who in 1585 had been summond by the King of Poland to help his dying niece.
It was a world full of magic that the two were not prepared for and now it looked like it had come about again in the year 2013.
With the help of a mysterious woman Jackdaw Hammond, Felix tries to solve the mystery of the dying woman that the answers date back almost 400 years ago.
But like every good mystery the answers could cost them their lives.
I give this 4.5 out of 5 stars & recommend it for any lover of mystery, occult & intrigue.
I have received this book free from bloggingforbooks in exchange for my honest review.
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