The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber
Paperback, 324 Pages
2009, Leisure Books
ISBN: 0843962968
Series: Book 1 of Strangely Beautiful
Synopsis
The albino beauty who has come to study at Victorian London’s Athens Academy will learn not only to deal with the ghosts that she can see, but her own part in the puzzling prophecy that threatens the known world.
Review
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker is very aptly named. The story is strange, like nothing I've read before, yet deeply moving. Percy Parker is a wonderful character, different in appearance, yet not exactly flawed. Her visions torment her as she searches for her place in the world and I found myself very much concerned for her welfare.
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker is historically set, coinciding with the Jack the Ripper murders. The book offers a wholly unexpected take on the infamous crimes that meshes well with the plot of the story.
The book looks at things in ways not normally seen. The incorporation of Greek mythology, ghosts, the murders, Percy herself - both physically and her abilities, and the group of guards that she comes into contact with all build into something delightful and almost poetic. This is an otherworldly novel that definitely deserves some attention.
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