Night's Masque: The Alchemist of Souls : Night's Masque, Volume 1 (Series #1) (Paperback)

from Capnrandm

A sweeping story that engrossed me on many levels, THE ALCHEMIST OF SOULS kept me guessing with nuanced characters, unexpected world building, and a fascinating blend of real and imagined history. The switching view points expertly kept several plots in the air at once, and I would be hard presse...

from Borrows-N-Wants

This is the first book of The Night's Masque trilogy. In this book, the author has created an alternate history in which Queen Elizabeth I has married Robert Dudley and given birth to two sons. However, the Queen is not a main character; the alternate history backdrop is simply there to set the s...

from KateSherrod

This would be 4 1/2 stars if GoodReads wasn't so fixated on whole numbers. Competent handling of a dizzying array of plots and secrets, solid characterization, and a neat re-imagining of an Alternate Elizabethan England. I was not as satisfied with the ending as I might be, but room must always b...

from drachenbraut23

What an intriguing book this was a combination of alternate history with a splash of fantasy. Although, the book started off a bit slow, it never was so that I wanted to give up on it. In the latter part of the book the story certainly picked up and I found myself thoroughly engrossed in it. What...

from Xleptodactylous

A good idea with a nice setting but extremely slow and often the writing was poor. Characters mildly annoying in a 2D-way and far too many of them. The only interesting part were the Skraylings, but they did not turn up quick enough.