The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond - Amanda Glaze
INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond | Author: Amanda Glaze | Genre: Paranormal/Historical Fiction | Release: 04.10.2022
SYNOPSIS
Sacramento, 1885
Edie and Violet Bond know the truth about death. The seventeen-year-old twins are powerful mediums, just like their mother - Violet can open the veil between life and death, and Edie can cross into the spirit world. But their abilities couldn’t save them when their mother died and their father threatened to commit them to a notorious asylum.
Now runaways, Edie and Violet are part of a traveling Spiritualist show, a tight-knit group of young women who demonstrate their real talents under the guise of communing with spirits. Each night, actresses, poets, musicians, and orators all make contact with spirits who happen to have something to say… notions that young ladies could never openly express. But when Violet’s act goes terribly wrong one night, Edie learns that the dark spirit responsible for their mothers death has crossed into the land of the living. As they investigate the identity of her mysterious final client, they realize that someone is hunting mediums... and they may be next. Only in trusting in one another can the twins uncover a killer who will stop at nothing to cheat death.
REVIEW
I started this book with little to no expectations and it absolutely surprised me. What I loved from the start was the backstory about the authors grandmothers - the real Edie and Violet Bond - whose photograph inspired this story. You can really feel how much thought and research went into this book and it was definitely worth it. The sisters abilities were so interesting and well crafted and I loved to see how they tried to become independent with the help of their power, in a world where women were still looked down on.
The murder mystery was insanely suspenseful and I was hooked from the start. I really wanted to save the mysteries and the story got even more and more complex.
The small romance subplot between one of the sisters and her love interest lightened up the story and I loved the slow and teasing development between these two.
Overall the relationships between the characters were really deep and you can feel how much they are trying to help each other.
Especially the twins themselves love each other so much and still they partly lied to each other, in terms of protection. The character development and how they started to trust and see each other again was wonderful to see.
There were so many important issues like misogyny, loss, grief, self-growth and trust that were woven really well into the story. This book definitely has it all: a thrilling plot, murder mystery, a lovable romance and wonderful main characters.
5 ⭐️
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