Jennie Jacques

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My partner gifted me this gem 💎 for my bday 🥳 Likely because of its mention of history, art & tarot cards 🧙‍♀️ & the city of NYC where he asked me to marry him!
Happy Halloween my fellow witches! Do I recommend it? Hell, yes 🙌
*The dark (pretty fck’d up ending 😂) 👀 took me by surprise – in an utterly satisfying way.*
The pace was relatively consistent but picked up speed in the last few chapters!
It’s a murder mystery in a gothic, academic setting. Yummy!
Reading this you’ll get swept 🧹 into the 🌆 adventure 💨 with a young & likeable female art historian, Ann, who gets to go to work in the wonderful but hungry NYC 🌃
She tells the story from her perspective, leaving behind a troubled 😕 past, which gets unravelled as her journey continues…
“Fate” intervenes & our protagonist sort of “accidentally” ends up at the Met Cloisters in Upper Manhattan – which wasn’t the original plan!
But, life is what happens while we humans are busy making plans?!
When one door 🚪 slams shut in ya face, another opens & all that jazz 😂
The Cloisters is a real museum which I sadly haven’t (yet!) visited! But, I loved the description(s) – experienced vicariously from home🛌 🛋️
I am lucky 🍀 reading has almost always been an accessible superpower 🦸‍♀️ with #mecfs for me 💙
The story (overall) captures the complexity of career ambition & ruthless competition, survival, friendship, love & grief. With some shocking twists. It’s a “dog eat dog” environment, literally, & even those you’d least expect might be murderous when the shit hits the fan…
Ann is thrown into a “mission” with Rachel (similar age – but v.different life, as an orphaned heiress)
They are both working with art dealers seeking a pack of 15th century Italian tarot cards, under a guy called Patrick.
Rachel has an interesting relationship with their “boss” Patrick – the narrative doesn’t neglect to include the “predatory” nature of older men who give young women their “opportunity” to shine ✨ 😂 revealed in a subtle (but obvious!) manner. Vulnerability can be sniffed & advantage taken, a mile off!
Other characters like Leo were realistic & well written! | Posted on 08/Sep/2024 17:50:57