Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose-selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives. One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register. Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman. If you love historical fiction or apothecaries, this book is right up your alley.Recommended For: Ages 18+, history buffs, people who find natural remedies and potions interesting, wanna be apothecariesĪ female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them-setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course. This was a super fast-paced and exciting book, and I haven't read anything similar to it in the past. There was so much that I loved like the history aspect, the apothecary, and the binge-worthiness. Overall, I rated The Lost Apothecary a 4 out of 5 stars. I’m so happy I finally decided to read it, because it is definitely worth the hype, in my opinion. This book was recommended to me for ages, but I always pushed it off as I was unsure about it. I absolutely loved the witchy apothecary/spells piece, I thought that was really interesting, and I would love to learn more about apothecaries now. It was filled with strong female characters who were always chasing their dreams. Regardless of the past and present aspects, I still really loved this book. To me, it felt like a bit from a different story that was kind of just plopped into this book. I did enjoy the present-day perspective, but I did think it took away from the whole apothecary piece. I think Nella’s story deserved so much more attention and depth-it definitely left me wanting more. I do wish that we got more of the past story and the history of the apothecary. I loved the multiple POV/split time period aspect as seeing the apothecary from the past and present perspectives added a different element to the story that I loved. The Lost Apothecary is historical fiction (based around the 1790s) that bounces back and forth with present-day POVs. I love, love, love the concept of this book, and the narration was great on audio! An apothecary that’s trying to right the wrongs of the world? Sign me up. As she deepens her investigation, Caroline’s world begins to collide with the history behind the vial. As an aspiring historian, she decides to explore the city and finds an old apothecary vial that she can't resist investigating. In The Lost Apothecary, Caroline finds herself alone in London on her tenth wedding anniversary after discovering her husband's infidelity.

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