Synopsis:
Time to choose your last book
Emily Brewster is an angel. Ask anyone she reads to at the hospice. So when she’s arrested for murder, it should be easy to clear her name. The only problem is, she thinks she might be guilty.
But what if death isn’t The End?
Favorite Lines:
“Sleeping better made everything less desperate”
“If we’re to push past the boundaries of knowledge, we can hardly expect our quest to be risk-free.”
My Opinion:
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest opinion.
I must admit, I found this book a bit hard to get into in the beginning. This is partly because I am not used to British literature and partly because I was thrown into a world with multiple characters that were introduced very early on and there are time jumps that took a bit to get used to all of which added up to me finding it difficult to get my footing at first but once I did, I found myself turning page after page to get the answers to my burning questions.
The story follows Emily, a woman who volunteers at hospice to read to patients in their final days until one day when she is arrested following a series of her patients dying. This sets us off on a path of mystery as we follow Emily through her journey to uncover the source of these deaths – leading her to discover that perhaps the source is herself.
Like I had mentioned above, once I found my grounding a bit more, I found this book to be really interesting. It was a refreshing plot with Evelyn doing a great job at storytelling and really focusing on the development of the story. Plus, I couldn’t resist a cat named Dumpling.
Summary:
Overall, if you want a fictional, supernatural/magical, mysterious book with a fresh story that will keep you on your toes and that adds touches of history, then this book may be for you. Happy reading!
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