A Lady Diviner Mystery, Book 2
Elenor has a gift for magic. She is a diviner, a person who can track things down with a special talent for finding jewels. She is determined to expand her skills to help her friend, the vampire Miss Zooth, find a pearl necklace. Not knowing yet that it will draw her into a conflict between Miss Zooth and the Selkie, but also into a murder case. And that her life may be in danger.
Like in the first volume, I really enjoyed the way the author writes her books. For me the series is like a roman by Jane Austen, mixed with magic, supernatural beings and mysteries. The interplay between Elenor and Miss Zooth is wonderful to read. The side characters also have their very own personality. You can very well understand how Elenor stands between the various parties, with whom friendships are slowly developing, and cannot decide who is in the right. Although the book had somewhat long passages in the middle for me, that was forgotten when the exciting end of the book came around.
What I love about this book is the type of language, the variety of characters and the interesting concept of magic users. She also interwoven the historical setting a few years after the French Revolution interestingly. I’m curious to see what effects it may have in the next book. A mix I find very successful.
4 stars
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