Apothecary: The Apothecary (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from krau0098

I got an advanced reading copy of this book from the publisher. This was an excellent book. It is based during the cold-war and touches on issues that were important then (Communism and the atomic bomb, Nationalism) as well as entwining magic throughout the story. Very well written and a pleasure...

from asomers

I loved this book! I worry that student's won't have enough background knowledge to really understand the events transpiring in the world in the 1950's and the references to things like Katherine Hepburn and Oppenheimer, but the story is well written, the magic is worthy of Hogwarts, and the acti...

from UnrulySun

What a fresh delight this book is! The plot is intelligent and historically intriguing, while the characters are likeable and realistic. Overall the action moves quickly, though there are a few perfectly-timed quiet moments. Meloy slips a bit of wry humor in at just the right point to keep a very...

from noranydrop2read

The problem with a fantasy novel that does not, as mandated by genre, kill off the parents, is that the tedious issue of parents dealing with their young children's adventures (or the children's disbelief-suspending avoidance of discovery) must be addressed. While Meloy's resolution to this quand...

from ewyatt

Janie's family relocates to England after her parents refuse to testify about communism. Janie meets Benjamin, the Apothecary's son, at her new school. He longs to be a spy and as the two work together they stumble along a kidnapping scheme that reveals his father is something more than just a pi...