It’s no surprise to everyone here that I hit a reading slump for physical books for a while. I’m finally starting to get back into the swing of things and so on my flight home for Christmas I finished reading The Last Tiara which I devoured the first 2/3s of when I started it.
This was a delightful tale which swung back and forth between the mothers story in post-tzar russia and her daughters story after World War II. They are both haunted by ghosts and following their paths to love as Isobelle–the daughter–tries to uncover the mystery of a Tiara that she found in the walls of her mother’s home as she is in the middle of renovations. We follow the path of the Tiara through both of their lives, learning the challenges both women face.
Personally I love finding stories like this were family and love is at the center with a mystery and different time periods. It’s a beautiful way to tell a tale and much like The Ladies of the Secret Circus this was well done.
I will say it did take a while for me to be comfortable with the time period that it was set it, with the social norms and the secondary plotline of misogyny that ran throughout the story. However for anyone who enjoys historical fiction this is well worth the read. The ending was wild and I wish that I’d never set it down for long periods of time before I finally finished it.
You can find The Last Tiara here:
Bookshop.org ~ Libfro.fm ~ Goodreads ~ Storygraph
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Thanks to Netgalley, M.J. Rose, and Blue Box Press for allowing me to read an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!
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