It\u2019s been so long since I\u2019ve posted because I\u2019ve gotten caught up in doing assignments for grad school – so, my apologies. Believe it or not, I actually have found time to read, just not time to write about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, I just finished Death in the Floating City<\/em> by Tasha Alexander, and I was so impressed with this book that I had to tell you all about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve discussed Lady Emily Ashton AKA Mrs. Hargreaves before, at the very beginning of her series. I\u2019ve made it pretty far as this is the seventh book. Lady Emily has been through A LOT up unto this point, and suffice it to say that books four and five will take you on a wild emotional roller coaster as Emily deals with obstacles that she never expected. I encourage that if you were iffy after the first book, like I was, to give the second a try. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, Emily and her second husband have arrived in Venice to assist an old nemesis of Emily\u2019s after her father-in-law was murdered. This book has everything<\/strong> I could ask for in a puzzling and gripping mystery – including a medium, coded messages written long ago, flirtatious Italians, haunting figures, and characters that are almost always not what they seem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emily and her husband must chase down the murderer using clues left by great-great-great grandparents of two warring Italian families. In doing so, they expose family secrets, chase promising leads, spend copious amounts of time in libraries, and work in some romantic trips in a gondola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This story is so involved that the ending(s) will definitely come as a shock to the reader. Alexander is an author that weaves her words well and knows how to create a surprise. Her particular depiction of Emily\u2019s emotions is so honest and realistic that I was with her every step of the way. Emily\u2019s thought process is clear, logical, and empathetic, which is a pleasure to follow along with and makes Emily almost seem like a real person. Alexander has hit on the right combination of characteristics and voice to make Emily come alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n I would love<\/strong> to tell you all more, but then I\u2019d end up giving the whole book away!! I highly recommend this book if you want a gripping mystery set in the romantic streets of Venice. If you\u2019re concerned about the background story; however, start with the first book And Only to Deceive<\/em>. You\u2019ll really get to know Emily in this novel and will be rewarded for that when you follow her through the rest of the series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s been so long since I\u2019ve posted because I\u2019ve gotten caught up in doing assignments for grad school – so, my apologies. Believe it or not, I actually have found time to read, just not time to write about it. However, I just finished Death in the Floating City by Tasha Alexander, and I wasContinue reading “Death in the Floating City – Tasha Alexander”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,54,95,190,288,301,405,436,442],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book-review","tag-books","tag-death-in-the-floating-city","tag-italy","tag-mystery-novel","tag-novel","tag-tasha-alexander","tag-venice","tag-victorian-mystery","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}