The accidental alchemist

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Gigi Pandian: The accidental alchemist (2015)

350 pages

English language

Published Nov. 23, 2015

ISBN:
978-0-7387-4184-0
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OCLC Number:
891718733

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2 stars (2 reviews)

"Unpacking her belongings in her new hometown of Portland, Oregon, herbalist and reformed alchemist Zoe Faust can't help but notice she's picked up a stowaway. Dorian Robert-Houdin is a living, breathing three-and-half-foot gargoyle--not to mention a master of French cuisine--and he needs Zoe's expertise to decipher a centuries-old text. Zoe, who's trying to put her old life behind her, isn't so sure she wants to reopen her alchemical past...until the dead man on her porch leaves her no choice."--

2 editions

reviewed The accidental alchemist by Gigi Pandian (Accidental alchemist -- book 1)

Fun, albeit flawed

3 stars

This was a fun light read, engaging enough to get me turning the pages and worrying that one of the characters I liked would turn out to be the culprit. But it was also sort of formulaic, and could really have done with an editor. The love interest was telegraphed about 15 times before the narrator admitted it, and several important details seemed to be introduced 3 times in 3 consecutive paragraphs.

Subjects

  • Alchemists
  • Gargoyles
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Fiction