I enjoy historical fiction and anything about the Titanic is obviously fascinating, okay to me it is. House of Velvet and Glass is not another fictional story of a survivor of the sinking, but of a family who must survive the loss of their loved ones. Sybil Allston lost both her mother and sister on the Titanic, every year on the anniversary she visits a medium who holds a seance for the survivors. Sybil's own mother was a Spiritualist. Beyond that what do I have to say? Between some of the chapters are "Interludes" which have is jumping in the past to Sybil's father's time in Shanghai and to the ill-fated night on the Titanic. I found the "Interludes" annoying while semi-relevant to the story (I really think we could have done without the flashbacks to her sister and mother on the Titanic). I have read the books description on Amazon, and it sounds so much better than what it really is. Honestly 5 stars to whomever wrote the book description, it makes you want to read the book, but it seems a bit misleading to me. Mysterious? Not really....
Fast read? Yes, but part of that was because I was growing tired of the book. Honestly don't expect much from this one, not a big "let's sit around and discuss this shall we?" kind of book. It won't make you think, but hey every now and then we need a little fluff and at it's best that is what this book is: fluff. It was a library loan so it's no skin off my nose. Would I buy this book? Um, no. Just don't bother, get it from the the library or a second hand book store. It truly isn't worth paying the full price. Will it make a nice quick read on the beach? Yeah, I guess it would.
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