Hi Cara,
Today on my blog I am reviewing Poison Priestess by Lana Popović.
Poison Priestess is the second book in the Lady Slayer series. The first book in the series is Blood Countess.
Book 2 in the Lady Slayers series, about French murderess and fortune teller Catherine Monvoisin
In 17th-century Paris, 19-year-old Catherine Monvoisin is a well-heeled jeweler’s wife with a peculiar taste for the arcane. She lives a comfortable life, far removed from a childhood of abject destitution—until her kind spendthrift of a husband lands them both in debt. Hell-bent on avoiding a return to poverty, Catherine must rely on her prophetic visions and the grimoire gifted to her by a talented diviner to reinvent herself as a sorceress. With the help of the grifter Marie Bosse, Catherine divines fortunes in the IIle de la Citee—home to sorcerers and scoundrels.
There she encounters the Marquise de Montespan, a stunning noblewoman. When the Marquise becomes Louis XIV’s royal mistress with Catherine’s help, her ascension catapults Catherine to notoriety. Catherine takes easily to her glittering new life as the Sorceress La Voisin, pitting the depraved noblesse against one other to her advantage. The stakes soar ever higher when her path crosses with that of a young magician. A charged rivalry between sorceress and magician leads to Black Masses, tangled deceptions, and grisly murder—and sets Catherine on a collision course that threatens her own life.
(Synopsis from Goodreads.com)
Poison Priestess brings the occult to 17th century France.
One of my favourite elements is the Occult side of the story. I was fascinated by the Black Masses, the way it was staged. How people were tricked and feed visions that played them.
The leading lady is Catherine a morally grey character who is motivated by money, power and freedom. Even though I don't agree with Catherine choice, but I actually liked her. She is smart and driven and trying to make the best out of bad situations.
The plot was interesting and I enjoyed how it built as Catherine fully immerses herself in the role of demon priestess.
I do wish there was more to the epilogue, but that just because I am noisy and will always want more.
My rating for the Poison Priestess is 3.8 out of 5.
Thank you to Abrams for gifting me a finished copy of Poison Priestess for review.
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