The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey

Basic Info: Pub date: July 29th Publisher: Kensington Page Count: 448 Recommended for readers who enjoy: - dual timelines - historical fiction - magical realism and feminist gothic horror - spiritualists, occultists, Victorian era mysticism and mediums - feminine rage & fighting the patriarchy - father/daugh......more

I listened to the audiobook of this one and I really liked the narration a lot. It took me a little bit to get into this story, but once it had its hooks in me I could not put it down. This book is historical fiction that enters into the faked and perhaps not so faked fad of memerists. Nora Grey has......more

Kathleen Kaufman lifts the veil and invites readers and welcomes spirits into The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey, a novel infused with Gaelic folklore set against the gritty backdrop of Victorian Scotland. From its first pages, the prose hypnotised me with its rhythmic hu......more

The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey is split into two timelines. We have Nora's story, which begins in Scotland where she and father, Lavish, work the fairs and neighbourhoods by Nora reading cards and giving a purely manufactured show of Nora being spoken to by spirits. T......more

This historical fantasy was such a great read! I really enjoyed the dual timelines. The asylum setting in particular was fascinating, and I loved uncovering the eerie history tied to it. Set at the height of the spiritualist movement in the early 1900s, the story follows a Scottish girl who crosses......more