By: Beth Brower
Libby audiobook
Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
Published: 2019 (this version 2025)
Genre: historical fiction
I loved this so much that I wanted to re-listen to it, but it auto-returned before I could. I may just have to get the physical, print books (in order? to purchase?) to enjoy. Set in 1883 London, the story is told through journal entries. Emma M. Lion has been orphaned and misused by her relations. She goes to live in the Lapis Lazuli House, the home she will inherit once she comes of age.
I have some quick notes:
Aunt Eugenia Spenser and cousins Damian and Arabella (mother's side). Cousins Mathilde and Archibald (dad's side - nasty, awful people).
Vicar Young Hawkes - I'm super curious about him!
The Scar / Maxwell / The Great Burning of 1882 . . . we learn some of this, but much of it must be revealed in later volumes.
Trewartha! Made me think of my friend Deb.
"Gossip is as catching as the Plague ever was."
Lapis Lazuli - brilliant blue
St. Crispian's / Whereabouts Lane / Traitor's Road / - I wonder if the print books include a map. I wonder how much is factual about this neighborhood and how much is creative.
I've requested the print book of volume #1 from the Scott County library. It will probably take me most of the summer to read these (with long waits on holds). Ah, well. I can be patient. I'll update this entry after reading the print book.
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