Precious Bones eBook Irina Shapiro
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When the skeletal remains of a young woman and her baby are found entombed behind the kitchen wall of a historic Tudor house, Cassandra is overcome with grief. She seems to know who the young woman was, but not how she knows, or how she came to be there. Cassandra becomes inexplicably drawn to the house and the mystery of the "Bones of Blackfriars." As she begins to learn the truth about the Thorne siblings who occupied the house during the reign of Elizabeth I, her own life takes an unexpected turn, and she finds out that her fate is linked to the Thornes in ways she never imagined.
Extensively re-edited 11/2015
Precious Bones eBook Irina Shapiro
I received this book free from one of the book sites. I do not remember which one! This is my honest review.What an impressive story. I felt like I was truly seeing the images of the 1600s, the people, and the places. Each character is richly described & seem to come off the page as more than simple characters in a book. Wonderfully written, , Precious Bones by Irina Shapiro is a book which the reader will be compelled to finish. From the first page to the last, this book will grab hold of you & not let go.
The fictional characters are richly described & believable. From Cassie & Adrian to Constance & Richard readers will find they become emotionally involved. I do not give 5 star reviews often, but this book deserves the full rating I have given.
Any reader of historical fiction will find this book an accurate & believable. The historical persons are true, custom, places, & horrors of the time are true to historical record Fans of Elizabethan times will want to read this book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
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Precious Bones eBook Irina Shapiro Reviews
The very first item I want to thank the author for is that her book took the complicated historical subject of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots rivalry and the historical aftermath of Catholicism in England taking a huge backseat to Henry VIII Protestantism and making both subjects merge and become easily understandable. Also the prose in this book is swift and clear. Descriptions of landscapes, clothing and interior design were rendered beautifully. On the flip-side, the theme of this book of past lives visitation on present day individuals was the truly disappointing part of the book. Very trite and commonplace theme. Suffice it to say that the book moves between present day England (2010) and Elizabethan times of the later 1500s. The heroine in the present finds a fascination with the person and life of a beautiful woman in Elizabethan times. Both lives are harried romantically. The Elizabethan heroine, Constance, falls in love and heartbreak occurs as Catholics and Catholic allies are sought out and punished or are executed. The modern heroine, Cassandra, has her own drama related to the upheavals that love creates in her life too. By mid story, the subject of reincarnation and past lives comes up. From this point on, the plot is never again in doubt. Too, too easy to figure out. Some of the logic in both past and present day plots obviously fail. And at the end, some of the details supplied are too glib and unlikely to have happened so easily. So three stars for the history and writer"s style countered by a flimsy and oft times too superficially described plot without necessary details.. Probably won't read more books by Ms. Shapiro.
At first I was not so sure about reading this story with the back & forth writing from modern to Tudor eras, but I am so glad I did....I am a fan of old English history, especially during the Tudor era, and also enthralled with the concept of reincarnation from religious studies....this fictional story combined them both so I was hooked from the beginning...I was very impressed with the author's ability to switch from one story to another flawlessly without any interruption of the flow of the story which shows real talent....both stories kept this reader mesmerized from the beginning to the end....loved the book, highly recommend for anyone who likes historical fiction.
Cassandra is a best-selling novelist who is having trouble starting her next book, when she sees a TV news report about the skeletal remains of a young woman and a baby that have been found in an old Tudor mansion. She feels—knows—that she knows the victims, despite the fact that they died over 500 years earlier. To the dismay of her boyfriend, she buys the house and, after getting rebuffed by the new head of her publishing company, starts to write a story about the bones. Her writing leads her to the Thorne family, who lived in England in the 1500s, and the more she writes, the more she realizes that she has an unbelievable connection to them.
Precious Bones by Irina Shapiro is part fantasy, part historical fiction. The author does an amazing job of bringing the distant past alive as she describes the abuses in the name of religion of the era, and traces a family’s roots from past to present. She puts the reader fully in the picture, and an initially gruesome picture it is. This one, I guarantee you, you will not be able to put down once you start reading.
This book did not really work for me. I felt like the narrator (of the story, not the audiobook narrator) seemed rather haughty and full of herself, and maybe some of that is because she is British (and therefore the audiobook narrator is British, and a British accent just sounds somewhat haughty to my American ears). Whatever the cause, I did not like her from the beginning, and because I didn't like her, I didn't really care much about what she had to say about herself and her life.
The reason this book wasn't a complete flop for me, though, is because of the bits set in the 16th century. I loved seeing life through Cassandra and Richard's eyes. If the entire book had just been about them, I'm pretty sure I would have enjoyed it much more. Their lives had mystery and intrigue and a little bit of medieval horror and I was hooked when they had the reins of the story.
So overall I give Precious Bones 3.076 stars because I only really enjoyed about half of it
I chose this book becsuse it was offered for free and I enjoy historical fiction and mysteries. I was very pleasantly surprised by how entertaining it was and unprepared for how it would draw me in. I lost a lot of sleep reading because I couldn't wait to know what was next. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes historical fiction, or love stories.
When I saw this was about the finding of ancient bones in a very old home my curiosity was piqued enough that I just had to read it. I'm very glad I did.
I can't say much because anything I might say could ruin the surprise for anyone else thinking about reading this book. I will only say that if you like mystery, intrigue, history and romance, you won't be disappointed in this tale. It's all there, and more! I found it absolutely delightful.
I received this book free from one of the book sites. I do not remember which one! This is my honest review.
What an impressive story. I felt like I was truly seeing the images of the 1600s, the people, and the places. Each character is richly described & seem to come off the page as more than simple characters in a book. Wonderfully written, , Precious Bones by Irina Shapiro is a book which the reader will be compelled to finish. From the first page to the last, this book will grab hold of you & not let go.
The fictional characters are richly described & believable. From Cassie & Adrian to Constance & Richard readers will find they become emotionally involved. I do not give 5 star reviews often, but this book deserves the full rating I have given.
Any reader of historical fiction will find this book an accurate & believable. The historical persons are true, custom, places, & horrors of the time are true to historical record Fans of Elizabethan times will want to read this book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
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