Booklist gives The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart a lovely review!
The Twisted
Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart
By Leanna Renee Hieber, 2012. 336p. Sourcebooks, paper, $8.99 (9781402262036)
"In this second Magic Most Foul novel (Darker
Still, 2011), Natalie Stewart has gained her voice and Jonathon Denbury is
alive, his soul rescued from a painting by Natalie's newly discovered magical
powers. Escaping to Minnesota upon Mrs. Northe's advice, the young couple
experiences a few days of happiness before Jonathon decides to avoid the ominous
Dr. Preston by returning to London, where he dons the visage of his doppelganger
to solve the mystery of his murdered family. Hieber's second YA novel is filled
with bizarre evil: a resurrectionist doctor who collects severed hands; a dark,
foreboding actor who inserts himself between Natalie and Jonathon in her
nightmares; and a deaf-mute friend who hears the tormented spirits of the
dismembered dead. Readers, who will benefit
from a prior reading of the first book in the series, will enjoy not only the
dark, supernatural mystery and then-daring romance but also the Victorian
setting of elegant houses, beautiful gowns, and historical yet surprisingly
contemporary New York City." - Frances Bradburn
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