The Blackheath Séance Parlour
The Blackheath Séance Parlour
The Blackheath Séance Parlour
Two sisters dabble in the dark arts in Victorian London in this tale featuring murder, vampires, malevolent spirits, and a life-size chocolate gorilla In 1842, two drunken sisters debate their future. Business at the family chocolate shop has ground to a halt, and change is needed. For once, domineering elder sister Maggie doesn't get her way, and a month later Judy, Maggie, and Netta Walters—a medium with big hair and a bigger secret—open their s�ance parlor. The locals are shocked, but soon the shop is crammed with people wanting to contact the dead. Despite their change in fortune, a rift grows between the sisters, as Judy gets her gothic novel published, finds a man, and proves to be more capable of contacting spirits than Maggie. Spurred on by jealousy, Maggie tries harder, and soon the Church decides they must be stopped. For fans of the classics—Holmes, Dickens, and Abfab.
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This is a beautifully insane love letter to the strange weirdness that was Victorian England. It's all here; the love of the occult, the mad fashion, mechanical moon men, serialised fiction, crystal balls, life size chocolate gorillas, public viewings in insane asylums, sugar mice (are they still a thing?), tarot cards, tea leaf readings. AND THE BAT PEOPLE!!! Don't forget the bat people.
I did have some issues with this book, mainly the start which is beyond confusing and I think it could have been laid out a little better. However, this was quite possibly the most fun I have ever had reading a book. I laughed out loud, I welled up and I nearly puked at one point, and for the reason alone, it's 5 stars. Also, completely and utterly BONKERS!!!!
