Tag: The London Séance Society

Historical Fiction
My Rating: 🍪🍪🍪

The London Séance Society takes place in 1870s Europe and focuses on the spiritualists who abounded at the time. Lenna Wickes agrees to take up an apprenticeship with renowned spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire in an effort to get clarity about her sister’s death. The two are summoned to investigate the death of one of the members of the London Séance Society and soon find themselves questioning what to believe.

I felt totally immersed in the setting of this story, as expected from a Sarah Penner book. Both the location and the time period were depicted in a way that made me innately understand how the story took place within their context. It was atmospheric and totally drew me in.

Lenna’s skepticism made her an interesting narrator and I was eager to uncover with her what parts of the spiritualism she was learning about were real and how it all tied into her sister’s death. The second narrator, Mr. Morley of the London Séance Society was less compelling and I found his sections a bit dry.

As intriguing as I found the premise of this story, it felt more drawn out than it needed to be. If it had been tightened up a bit, I think I would have been more intrigued, but I was growing kind of tired of the mystery as it went on.

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