The riveting story of an English lady who trades in her staidĪristocratic life for the mesmerizing salons and the heady world of the Readers to 1920s Paris in an enthralling new historical novel that tells Today and internationally bestselling author Jennifer Robson takes No doubt I will check out her future novels. I appreciate the authors unique idea for this book and the amount of work that went into it. The older story kept me interested, though dark at times They lacked spark and came across as boring and selfish. I had a hard time connecting with the characters especially those of current day. The story slowly unfolds weaving back and forth in time. When a mysterious book shows up he sets out to figure out why it was sent to him in the first place. Simon Watson is the current day librarian and has hit a turning point in his life. I liked the book but was hoping for more. I really wanted to love this book, the premise is great - mysterious and it's about books, the cover spectacular and came highly recommend. The plot is laid out nicely in the synopsis above, there isn't much more I will add. The Book of Speculation has both a modern day setting as well as one beginning in the 1700's. Books taking place in two time periods seem to be pretty popular these days.
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