Bone China | 
I‘ve been spending a couple of lazy Saturday hours with this one today and very much enjoying it so far!
so-soHmmm, I'm unsure...
Really liked the first third or even half. I liked reading the different storylines and the undertones of intrigue, also the relationship between father and daughter and her scientific and medical knowledge which was almost discounted.
However, the last chapters just didn't have the same impact or creepiness.
Home on my own, feeling nippy ok there, what better way to spend the evening ☺🤗😍.
I've read Purcell 's other two and enjoyed them with their spooky ideas.
Plus a new tea, cocoa nibs, cinnamon and liquorice. Mmm. 🍵
Laura Purcell is one of my favourite authors, I would read her shopping list! This is her third book and while it still has the beautiful, atmospheric writing and creeping dreading of Corset & Silent Companions it‘s a lot more melancholy. A mad scientist is trying to find the cure for consumption. It‘s a cracking, Victorian gothic mystery with characters I loved but the ending hit me so hard it gave me stomach ache!!! 😆 🤦♀️
pickLaura Purcell is kind of a modern day Daphne du Maurier. This is my second of her books and I loved it almost as much as The Silent Companions. Creepy gothic story. 4/5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
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pickThis is the second novel I have read by Laura Purcell and I must admit I was not disappointed.
Gothic and creepy, this story is atmospheric and leaves you wondering what exactly is going on in Morvoren House.
The characters are well written leaving you sympathetic to their pasts, I think I enjoyed this book more than the other I have read (The Silent Companions)
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Thank you so much Helen for all my awesome presents! 😀 I love the little TBR bag! And I can‘t wait to read Bone China! Thank you! 😘
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2. Pie, but like proper British meat pie. I love a good pork pie or chicken and ham
3. I like the big floppy paperbacks but most of my books are ebooks
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pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I was eagerly anticipating this third novel by Laura Purcell, her books have a hint of ‘The Turn of the Screw‘ insomuch as, is there a supernatural explanation or does the mind create one due to external influences and suggestion? Purcell has throughly researched the history and folklore of fairies and pixies in the South of England and blends these beautifully into this creepy tale of isolation and disease.
I loved the earlier Laura Purcell gothic stories. Started this new one today and so far it‘s creepy and wonderful!🤪
Just over 100 pages into #BoneChina by #LauraPurcell now! Not usually a fan of #HistoricalFiction, but this #Gothic novel is really doing it for me. Plus I‘m loving the queer undertones. This is a great read for a dreary day, y‘all!
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If you are looking for a creepy, sinister book to read this Halloween, look no further. Faeries, dark caves, floating lights, radical medical experiments, haunted houses, servants with shocking secrets, changelings and scary dolls. Yes yes yes!! This has it all.
Bone China is a character driven gothic tale of superstition, obsession and insanity. I was gripped and beguiled.
pickA dark, atmospheric and wonderfully creepy tale set in a stunningly picturesque part of Britain. There is a great sense of foreboding and eeriness throughout the story. It‘s a slow burner with a gradual build up of tension, drawing the reader in and making you wonder if there are in fact ‘little folk‘ and ‘changelings‘! The ending is a surprising and shocking - it made me gasp. This is definitely a tale of the unexpected.
pickGot my grubby mits on an arc! I ❤️ Laura Purcell so much. Historical fiction with a gothic and paranormal spin. It skillfully weaves a few mysteries together. Hester Why, who has left her last job under bad circumstances takes up a job in a creepy house looking after Miss Pinecroft. The servants are obsessed with fairies and pixies. Forty years earlier Miss Pinecroft helps her father in his attempts to cure consumptive prisoners. Out September.
