Book Review:
The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack
Spoilers?
A tad.
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Disclaimer:
This book was sent to me by the publishing company in exchange for an honest review.
This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.
I read this one on September 26, 2017. 6 days after.
Title - The Fortune Teller
By - Gwendolyn Womack
Publication - June 6th, 2017 by Picador
ARC copy, 368 pages
Genre - Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary
By - Gwendolyn Womack
Publication - June 6th, 2017 by Picador
ARC copy, 368 pages
Genre - Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering ancient texts—and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems. Both a memoir and a prophecy, it appears to be the work of a powerful seer, describing devastating wars and natural disasters in detail thousands of years before they occurred.
The more she reads, the more the manuscript begins to affect Semele’s life. But what happened to the tarot deck? As the mystery of her connection to its story deepens, Semele can’t shake the feeling that she’s being followed. Only one person can help her make sense of it all: her client, Theo Bossard. Yet Theo is arrogant and elusive, concealing secrets of his own, and there’s more to Semele’s desire to speak with him than she would like to admit. Can Semele even trust him?
The auction date is swiftly approaching, and someone wants to interfere—someone who knows the cards exist, and that the Bossard manuscript is tied to her. Semele realizes it’s up to her to stop them: the manuscript holds the key to a two-thousand-year-old secret, a secret someone will do anything to possess.
The Cover:
Relationships:
Semele x Theo
Their relationship was one I didn't completely expect but was delighted it did happen. They have such a grand connection that it was simply meant to be.
Settings:
There were so many locations mentioned and visited in this book that it is hard to pin point my favorites but I probably like old Egypt. Probably because the library sounded so amazing and because my mother has loved Egypt since I can remember. Someday I wish to take her there.
Overall:
This book seemed to me like it was going to be like most historical fiction books I 've read but once I started reading it I couldn't stop -not that I would have wanted to since I wanted to finish it the same day I picked it up. It was filled with just about all the things that would make this book a great movie. It goes into the past smoothly and introduces character that have such important, to the story, lives.
I don't much remember what I had in mind to write here since it was among the first books I read.
Although they say never judge a book by it's cover I believe the cover should represent what the book is going to be like or at least some aspect of it.I appreciate this cover so much for its warm orange color but it is very mysterious as to what the book is about.
Relationships:
Semele x Theo
Their relationship was one I didn't completely expect but was delighted it did happen. They have such a grand connection that it was simply meant to be.
Settings:
There were so many locations mentioned and visited in this book that it is hard to pin point my favorites but I probably like old Egypt. Probably because the library sounded so amazing and because my mother has loved Egypt since I can remember. Someday I wish to take her there.
Overall:
This book seemed to me like it was going to be like most historical fiction books I 've read but once I started reading it I couldn't stop -not that I would have wanted to since I wanted to finish it the same day I picked it up. It was filled with just about all the things that would make this book a great movie. It goes into the past smoothly and introduces character that have such important, to the story, lives.
I don't much remember what I had in mind to write here since it was among the first books I read.
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