12/29/2023 0 Comments Dana schwartz book![]() I did like the story, I read it in one day I couldn’t put it down so that tells you the book wasn’t bad, it was good I guess I was just a bit annoyed about the romance, I loved the gothic vibe we got and the writing, I love the narrator I think she did an amazing job but most of all I love the cover.Īnd lastly, I’m hoping for a second book because I kind of feel that I got that feeling in the end like maybe We will get more and that will be very interesting to see. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die. ![]() Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. the ending felt rushed and that’s about all the negativity I have for this story. Dana Schwartz’s Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance. I didn’t know we were going to get fantastical elements here, why? this book was a bit of everything I wasn’t expecting it to be. the lack of romance or the fact that I was expecting the romance to be the main focus of the story and it wasn’t, but ok I’m over it since the mystery part of the story was good enough to keep me reading. Then We meet Jack the “resurrection man” (he steals recently deceased bodies) he develops a friendship with Hazel that then becomes something a little bit more and is a very slow burn but by the end I was just rooting for these two. It’s 1817 and we follow Hazel our 17 year old main character, she is smart, strong and wants nothing more than to become a surgeon but society expect women to just marry but Hazel wants more for herself, and since she was not allowed to attend medical school she works out a pact with a doctor and starts practicing medicine at her home. I loved the pairing here an opposite attracts, at first I wasn’t buying it but the more I got these two together the more I wanted them to be, I know it doesn’t make sense LOL. This book was marketed as a romance but is more fiction and a bit of a sweet slow burn romance. My thoughtsįirst of all, I LOVE the cover it was what got me to look into this book and the premise of a gothic love story, but this is where I’m struggling with my rating. Hazel and Jack work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society. Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then.īut Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books – she’ll need bodies to study, corpses to dissect. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, the university will allow her to enroll. ![]() Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. Malicious forces are at work in the monarchy, and Hazel may be the only one capable of setting things right.Amazon | Goodreads | Barnes & Noble Goodreads synopsisĪ gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together. Soon Hazel is dragged into the glamor and romance of a court where everyone has something to hide, especially the enigmatic, brilliant members of a social club known as the Companions to the Death.Īs Hazel’s work entangles her more and more with the British court, she realizes that her own future as a surgeon isn't the only thing at stake for her. When saving a life leads to her arrest, Hazel seems doomed to rot in prison until a message intervenes: Hazel has been specifically requested to be the personal physician of Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III. All she can really do now is treat patients and maintain Hawthornden Castle as it starts to decay around her. She doesn’t even know if Jack is alive or dead. Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before-the immortality, Beecham’s vial-were a figment of her imagination. ![]() "Schwartz continues to seamlessly blend fiction with historical events, creating a richly detailed and engaging look at life in Regency London.the central mystery is intriguing and fun, with a delightful historical who’s who in the form of a secret society." - School Library Journal, starred review Immortality: A Love Story is the eagerly-anticipated sequel to Dana Schwartz's #1 bestselling gothic romance, Anatomy: A Love Story. ![]()
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