Mr Belfoure definitely knows how to tell a story and join imagined historical scenarios (all within magnificent eras and tragic little-known to fresh disasters) with his profession of being an architect but I cannot honestly say I found his newest fictional release as memorable or one I was racing home to finish such as I did with House of Thieves. In that particular blending of Gilded Age fiction with silver screen fast-paced drama (think Wharton meets Gangs of New York and Road to Perdition), I couldn't turn the pages fast enough and it actually topped my list of recommendations as one of the best novels I picked up in 2015; sadly all those entertaining sparks of urgency to solve anything, captivating veils of danger, sparkling dialogue and cast of multifaceted likeable characters were all missing in The Fallen Architect and I turned the final page with many mixed negative reactions. Such a shame after I had been waiting with a high level of excitement for this title, couldn't stop rereading the premise with such ideas of what I would be greeted by (or what I would learn) but that all seems to be my luck this year with new fictional releases. All that aside, I still look forward to Mr Belfoure's next novel (reportedly set during the final months of the last ruling Romanov dynasty) like I started this short review this author definitely knows how to tell a story. *With thanks to Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley for kindly sending me an advanced copy of The Fallen Architect Title Expected to be Released: October 8, 2018 -EGP/July 2018 Comments are closed.
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