The third installment of the Accidental Alchemist mystery series finds our namesake alchemist in Paris following the clues unearthed in the last novel, The Masquerading Magician. Zoe Faust is convinced that coming back to the Notre Dame Cathedral will allow her to discover more clues to save the life of her best friend, living gargoyle…
Accidental alchemist Zoe Faust has found a stopgap for her living-gargoyle-roommate Dorian Robert-Houdin’s problem. Whatever alchemy—or backward alchemy—that originally brought him to life seems to be wearing off, slowly turning his body back to stone and trapping his soul within the coffin that was once his flesh. The Tea of Ashes Zoe has discovered from…
Earlier this year, I became smitten with the ongoing adventures of the French gargoyle Dorian Robert-Houdin and his roommate, Zoe Faust, via the terrific The Alchemist’s Illusion, the fourth book in the Accidental Alchemist series. I decided to come back when I had the chance and review the series from the beginning, so here we…
I do love me a paranormal culinary cozy, and The Alchemist’s Illusion absolutely lives up to my high expectations! Despite not having read the first three books in the series (something I’m hoping to remedy in the near future, as I enjoyed this so much I just bought them all), I felt quickly comfortable with…
