I had a love hate relationship with it. On one hand I stayed up until 4am reading it, because I just couldn't put it down. The rich descriptions of Victorian London reminded me of Anne Perry's books. I have to say that was the best thing about the book. On the other hand I had a hard time reading a...
At first the Prologue of this novel sucked me right in!"Polly Nichols a Whitechapel whore, was profoundly grateful to gin. Gin helped her. It cured her. It took away her hunger and chased the chill from her joints. It stilled the aching in her rotting teeth and numbed the slicing pains she got every...
This was a book that I really wanted to like, but I just was so annoyed by the end by the endless visits by the coincidence fairy. The first half of the book was very good, and for those who haven't read a lot of fiction set in the time and place, it's alright.For the full review, please go here:htt...
This one earned 4 ½ stars from me. The Tea Rose is a classical rags to riches story following the harrowing struggles of Fiona Finnegan as she tries to make it in the world. If you thought you had a bad life, you should try stepping into Fiona’s shoes for awhile. Donnelly pulled out all the stops in...
If we had half stars I think it would be a 3.5 star book.It is hard to rate this book because I really did enjoy it a lot and I really want to read the sequel, The Winter Rose.I loved the characters and I love how Donnelly sucks you into the past, into her world and despite being so long, it never l...
This book has faults. The story was pretty far fetched at times-but I suppose in kind of an endearing "fairy tale" way (which is funny, since a great deal of the book is extremely horrible and depressing), and the main character didn't really have any flaws.Well, I take that back. Fiona, the main ch...
This was such a wonderful tale, I simply could not put it down. A tale of two star crossed lovers (they came SO CLOSE to finding each other time after time after time I wanted to scream!), a lovely glimpse of Victorian England and New York City. Many memorable characters, heartbreak and laughter and...
The Tea Rose is one of my favorite books. I first read this book in 2005 after my mom had passed the book along to me, I then passed it on to my sister (who unlike me is not an avid reader) and we all loved the book. The mass-market copy was so tattered and worn I went out and bought a replacement...
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