Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Aurelia Bon can see what happened in a place by merely pressing her fingertips up against the walls. So when young boys start disappearing around an old palace, Aurelia must use her ability to find out what has happened, before the boys of Venice disappear forever…
Release Date: 14th July 2020
Format Read: Ebook
Genres: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Historical
Pages: 400
Thank you so much to NetGalley and Hachette Australia for the earc to read and review.
Review: This has a very imaginative and creative idea with our protagonist having history at the tips of her fingers, she uses her ability to figure out what happened to the missing boys.
The writing style was at times very confusing, but we got so much interesting history within the story such as the connection of Venice to Arabia. We also get to meet some interesting characters such as The Djinn, Mermaids, pirates and statutes that talk.
It has a very strong female lead and is very detailed throughout the story. It’s a both a interesting darker middle grade fantasy and a magical historical book.
Where to buy: Amazon, Wordery, Book Depository, Waterstones
About Author: Michelle Lovric is a novelist, writer and anthologist.
Her third novel, The Remedy, was long-listed for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction. The Remedy is a literary murder-mystery set against the background of the quack medicine industry in the eighteenth century.
Her first novel, Carnevale, is the story of the painter Cecilia Cornaro, described by The Times as the possessor of ‘the most covetable life’ in fiction in 2001.
In Lovric’s second novel, The Floating Book, a chorus of characters relates the perilous beginning of the print industry in Venice. The book explores the translation of raw emotion into saleable merchandise from the points of view of poets, editors, publishers – and their lovers. The Floating Book, a London Arts award winner, was also selected as a WH Smith ‘Read of the Week’.
Her first novel for young adult readers, The Undrowned Child, is published by Orion. The sequel is due in summer 2010.
Her fourth adult novel, The Book of Human Skin, is published by Bloomsbury in Spring 2010.
Lovric reviews for publications including The Times and writes travel articles about Venice. She has featured in several BBC radio documentaries about Venice.
She combines her fiction work with editing, designing and producing literary anthologies including her own translations of Latin and Italian poetry. Her book Love Letters was a New York Times best-seller.
Lovric divides her time between London and Venice. She holds a workshop in her home in London with published writers of poetry and prose, fiction and memoir.
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I find the cover art so beautiful!
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It is a really pretty cover, I love the colour of it.
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