The Apothecary’s Curse (The Apothecary Series) by Barbara Barnett – Review by Alicia Furlan

The Apothecary’s Curse by Barbara Barnett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In Victorian London, Simon Bell makes an elixir created by Gaelen Erceldoune from an ancient manuscript. Simon gives his wife the elixir meant to cure her cancer but instead it kills her. Simon takes the leftover elixir only to discover he can’t die. The two men connect 5 years later as they try to conceal their immortality. The novel continues to weave through time following the lives of Simon and Gealan.

I really enjoyed this first book in the series. It took me a little longer to get into the book as I found the first half moved slower. Although I usually find this the case with books from a series – it just takes longer to build the characters and their histories. It’s worth it because the characters in this one are well written and the story is fantastic.

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