The Apothecary’s Curse (The Apothecary Series) by Barbara Barnett – Review by Charlisa Wahtomy-Alba

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

Simon Bell, a physician in Victorian London, is looking for something to cure his wife who has cancer. He gets an elixir made by the apothecary Gaelan Erceldoune that is meant to cure his wife, but it does the exact opposite. Beside himself and not wanting to live without her, Simon takes the rest of the elixir, however he has now become immortal. Five years pass when news reaches Simon of a man in the Bedlam Prison that has the same powers as he does. To his surprise is it Gaelan. Now they must hunt down Gaelan’s missing manuscript if they want to reverse this strange phenomenon. Those diaries are unearthed in the present day by Transdiff Genomics where Anne Shawe works. She and Gaelan have a connection that leads to shocking information coming to light. There is so much going on in this book but the author did an amazing job with the transitions between past and present. That is hard to do whist keeping the reader engaged and the story moving forward. Overall this was an enjoyable read and I can’t wait to start on the next book.

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