THE LOST APOTHECARY by Sarah Penner blog tour

About the book

Author: Sarah Penner
Sale Date: March 2, 2021
ISBN: 9780778311010, 0778311015
Hardcover
$27.99 USD
320 pages

Synopsis:

In this addictive and spectacularly imagined debut, a female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them—setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course. Pitched as Kate Morton meets The Miniaturist, The Lost Apothecary is a bold work of historical fiction with a rebellious twist that heralds the coming of an explosive new talent.

A forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to The Lost Apothecary…

Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary’s fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries.

Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, running from her own demons. When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary’s in a stunning twist of fate—and not everyone will survive.

With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time.

Read an excerpt here!

My thoughts:

DNF

You guys, I really really wanted to like this one. Maybe if I stuck with it I would’ve ended up liking it, but I got about 20% in and just couldn’t push myself to finish it.

The modern day girl? I would want to slap her, but I didn’t have the energy. If I learned one thing about The Hills is that YOU DON’T THROW AWAY AN AMAZING WORK OR SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY FOR A MAN!

That wasn’t the only thing that irked me.

This is one where my DNF rule kicks in full throttle-if you dread picking it up again, make the book a DNF. There are sooooo many books to get through, so don’t waste your time on a book you dread reading.

I ABSOLUTELY HATE posting DNF reviews because the author, publishers, editors etc. worked so hard and spent so much time and energy on this book.

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