Review: Beautifully Written Historical Novel With A Fascinating Twist
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2011
I loved this book and can't wait to read everything else by the author.  This story is about a modern woman with an inexplicable link to a mystery that took place in another century.  Cassandra is an author who writes best selling novels and lives in London.  One day she sees a news story on television about a house in Blackfriar's where the bones of a young woman and an unborn infant are discovered during a renovation project.  Cassandra feels very real grief and immediately realizes she knows who the story behind the bones.  She visits the house, purchases a few days later and moves in right away.  This action takes her boyfriend, friends and family by surprise because Cass can be impulsive but she is not reckless.  After moving into the house Cass begins to have visions of another time and records the story for her next novel.  The book then alternates between Cass and a woman named Constance who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I.  The story is well done and although there is some violence and six it is very tame compared to every other book I've read.  The ending of the book leaves open the possibility of a sequel and I hope the author considers writing it.  As they say in England "Well done, Irina, well done!"