atakefromtwocities posted: " Imagine you could be rid of your sadness, your anxiety, your heartache, your fear. Imagine you could take those feelings from others and turn them into something beautiful. Lynx is a Grief Nurse. Kept by the Asters, a wealthy, influential family, t" A Take from Two Cities
Imagine you could be rid of your sadness, your anxiety, your heartache, your fear.
Imagine you could take those feelings from others and turn them into something beautiful.
Lynx is a Grief Nurse. Kept by the Asters, a wealthy, influential family, to ensure they're never troubled by negative emotions, she knows no other life.
When news arrives that the Asters' eldest son is dead, Lynx does what she can to alleviate their Sorrow. As guests flock to the Asters' private island for the wake, bringing their own secrets, lies and grief, tensions rise.
Then the bodies start to pile up.
With romance, intrigue and spectacular gothic world-building, this spellbinding debut novel is immersive and unforgettable.
Title : The Grief Nurse Author : Angie Spoto Format : Physical Page Count : 272 Genre : Historical Publisher : Sandstone Press Release Date : April 13, 2023
Reviewer : Micky Rating : ★ ★ ★
Micky's 3 star review
Headlines: A dystopian feeling world Gothic and historical vibes Power or weakness
What if Agatha Christie clashed with a dystopian world obsessed with grief and it's relief? The Grief Nurse contained an eclectic bunch of upstairs downstairs people 'trapped' on an island having a power struggle. Who needed who? Did the grief nurses need their guardians or did the guardians need their grief nurses more? Was grief an outpouring of weakness or did it render power? These were the questions running through my head from the front to the back of this book.
The start to this story was a little jarring to me, I struggled to find my footing in the world, how it worked, who was who and why things were the way they were. As I kept reading things did fall into place but I would have benefitted from a more linear introduction I think. Lynx was the MC, a grief nurse, a servant owned by the rich Aster family. She was surrounding by a collection of characters, most of whom were unlikeable with the exception of Orion (in my opinion).
Bodies began to pile up and things got really interesting as a power struggle in the family but also in the context of grief nurses and ownership ensued. Lynx was pretty isolated as a character and I felt for her in this. Despite some promising allies, Lynx wasn't really able to trust anyone. We got some twisty late reveals that I didn't expect and the plot kept the pages turning.
Overall, this was a really unusual concept that I was mostly on board with. I liked the gothic feels, the remote island that gave a locked-in mystery vibe and the suspense.
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