Wednesday, March 31, 2021

The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen

 18679474 

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Category: Adult, Christian Fiction
Genre: Romance, Historical Romance, Mystery
Content: Clean

 

LILLY HASWELL REMEMBERS EVERYTHING — WHETHER SHE WANTS TO, OR NOT ...

As Lilly toils in her father's apothecary shop, preparing herbs and remedies by rote, she is haunted by memories of her mother's disappearance. Villagers whisper the tale, but her father refuses to discuss it. All the while, she dreams of the world beyond — of travel and adventure and romance.

When a relative offers to host her in London, Lilly discovers the pleasures and pitfalls of fashionable society and suitors, as well as clues about her mother. But will Lilly find what she is searching for — the truth of the past and a love for the future?

 

This book had a different feel than most of the other Julie Klassen books I've read. This was only the second book that she published and honestly I feel like it shows. The main reason it feels different is that it seems a little all over the place, both with plot and love interests. In most romance books I can tell going in who the main love interest is right off the bat, and they are for the most part designed that way. But in this one it wasn't obvious at all. In fact I initially thought it was going to be one person because we got his point of view early on in the book, but then it ended up not being him. And I honestly don't know why this part was included in the book the way it was. I was kept guessing for a long while about who Lilly would end up with. In the end I was happy with how things turned out, and I liked the book, but I didn't like it as much as the other books I've read by this author.



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