The Accidental Alchemist (Paperback)

from arthistorychick

The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian Source: Netgalley My Rating: 3½/5 stars My Review: Dorian Robert-Houdin has a few problems: 1) he is a master chef who lives with a vegetarian; 2) he has a debilitating illness that is slowly killing him and; 3) he is a gargoyle that shouldn't exist. Zoe F...

from LisCarey

When Zoe Faust arrives in Portland, Oregon, and finds what she thinks can be her new home for a while, she's been traveling for a long time.A very long time..Zoe was born in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1670s, and her name wasn't Zoe Faust at the time. She was a young herbalist, and so all too vul...

from rhonda1111

4 stars This is the first book in a new series. It is unique with a alchemist, gargole and teenagers as main characters trying to solve some mysteries. It is a fun, clean cozy murder mystery. Zoe Faust just moved to Portland, Oregon she has bought a real fixer upper. When she finds some of her bo...

from joeydag

A quirky murder mystery with some cute characters but the voice of the narrator is somewhat flat in my opinion. There is an animated, very French gargoyle who is a very cute side kick for the over 300 year old alchemist, who is the narrator and yet for being 300 years old and vegan, with a tragic...

from EmpressReece

If You've Got It, Flaunt It! Pandian has an ingenious concept here! She really does. I think this was one of the more original and creative mysteries I've read in a while. A 400 year old vegan herbalist and alchemist, Zoe, and a living French gargoyle chef, Dorian, are the two main char...