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Davidson, Jenny
2 Reviews
(4)
YA
Sophie travels north from København, Denmark, with her sweetheart, Mikael, to ask Alfred Nobel what he knows of her parents' death. She learns that their fate is entwined with that of a Snow Queen–like nuclear physicist who has psychically wounded Mikael. In this alternate history that evokes 1930s northern Europe, cumbersome prose muffles a promising premise and a colorful setting.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
(4)
YA
This alternate history portrays Scotland in the early 1900s teetering toward a European war. Caught in the struggle is fifteen-year-old Sophie, a boarding school student skilled in explosives and spiritualism who finds herself playing a dangerous role in her country's fate. Sophie's world doesn't feel quite grounded or developed enough to be convincing; an appended author's note provides some clarification.
Reviewer: Lauren Maggio
2 reviews
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