I received a free ARC from a Goodreads giveaway. My review is based on the ARC, so some elements of the book may change between the ARC and the final published copy.This book starts out in 1776, when young Anna Storace is just starting her singing career. It soon jumps ahead to her career in Vienna....
A thank you goes out to Random House Canada for sending me an advanced reader’s copy of this book. Just like the opera that was the dominant theme throughout the entire novel I felt like the book itself was one of the romantic Italian operas that I fell in and out of love with over the course of the...
I received a free ARC from a Goodreads giveaway. My review is based on the ARC, so some elements of the book may change between the ARC and the final published copy.This book starts out in 1776, when young Anna Storace is just starting her singing career. It soon jumps ahead to her career in Vienna....
FIrst, I am not a historical novel reader. That disclaimer aside, I enjoy history and have a working knowledge of it. Once I made the transition from the more clipped writing style of the suspense I normally read (such as Daniel Silva) and adjusted to a more florid, flowery style of prose, I enjoyed...