Guest Review: The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick

by Jessica Cornish published: May 16, 2010 No Comments

P is for Perfect Poison, The
Guest review by Jessica Cornish.

This Book Is About

If Lucinda Bromley doesn’t discover who stole her fern, she could end up being charged with murder. Lucinda frequently used her unusual psychic gift to discern death by poisoning to help the London police, but when a nobleman is poisoned by a compound containing elements of a rare fern, one that can only be found in her conservatory, Lucinda knows she better act quickly.

To help her find the real murderer, she hires Caleb Jones, a psychical investigator. Believing there is a connection between Lucinda’s fern thief and a deadly dangerous secret society, Caleb agrees to take the case, but he never expected to become so distracted by his new partner in detection or to find himself flummoxed on so many fronts.

My Thoughts On This Book

This book is part of Quick?s Arcane Society series, so it is historical romance with characters that possess a sort of psychic ability. Set in 19th-century England, there is a little bit of each element of society to interest a reader who likes this period of history.

The readers who enjoy dueling secret societies, the good against the corrupt, will enjoy the events of Arcane Society (people of psychical talents who use it for good in their society and in everyday-average society) versus The Society (an even more underground group of greedy and evil psychics who aim to overpower those weaker than themselves, i.e. Take Over the World!!! Bwaahaahaa!). Each society is trying to possess the supposed Formula, a dangerous drug that can enhance psychic talents…and because The Society is evil, the “little people” who work to steal, create, distribute, and do all the ?dirty work? eventually will find themselves dead from said drug.

It’s a tale of intrigue, woven with threads of sensual-tension and psychical abilities. What fun! I’ve re-read this book about 3 times, listened to the audiobook maybe twice. I love the interesting and strong characters, how they deal with their inner demons and the pressures of a judgmental Victorian society. Good romance too, what with all that sexual tension. I think I will go re-listen to the audiobook version, again.