I am so excited to be participating in my first ever Blog Tour! When I saw the cover of A Golden Fury I was immediately intrigued, and I think you will agree with me when I say it is absolutely stunning! As a cover buyer, I was very excited to devour this debut. It comes out on 13 October 2020.

Synopsis: A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe

Set in eighteenth century England, Samantha Cohoe’s debut novel, A GOLDEN FURY (Wednesday Books; October 13, 2020), follows a young alchemist as she tries to save the people she loves from the curse of the Philosopher’s Stone. The streets of London and Oxford come to life as this historical fantasy unravels. Weaving together an alluring story of magic and danger, Samantha’s debut has her heroine making messy decisions as she toes the line between good and evil while it becomes blurred.

Thea Hope longs to be an alchemist out of the shadow of her famous mother. The two of them are close to creating the legendary Philosopher’s Stone—whose properties include immortality and can turn any metal into gold—but just when the promise of the Stone’s riches is in their grasp, Thea’s mother destroys the Stone in a sudden fit of violent madness.

While combing through her mother’s notes, Thea learns that there’s a curse on the Stone that causes anyone who tries to make it to lose their sanity. With the threat of the French Revolution looming, Thea is sent to Oxford for her safety, to live with the father who doesn’t know she exists.

But in Oxford, there are alchemists after the Stone who don’t believe Thea’s warning about the curse—instead, they’ll stop at nothing to steal Thea’s knowledge of how to create the Stone. But Thea can only run for so long, and soon she will have to choose: create the Stone and sacrifice her sanity, or let the people she loves die.

A GOLDEN FURY and the curse of the Philosopher’s Stone will haunt you long after the final page.

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My Review

A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was immediately intrigued by the premise of this book, I have always wanted to read more books about alchemy and this was an interesting take on creating the Philosopher’s Stone.

I had mixed feelings about our main character, Thea, but I guess her disposition had a lot to do with how she was raised. I did wish the book had a few more female characters who were not antagonists, it would have been nice to see some enemies to friends (or more) from one of the female side-characters. The men in the story were very much the focus of Thea’s thoughts and attentions. In the end my faith in Thea was restored a bit with how the story ended, although I wish her mother would have had some more character development.

The plot was quite quick paced and allowed me to finish the book within 24 hours, which is always something I enjoy in books. I did think that perhaps there was too much traveling between locations in a short amount of time, and this contributed to the lack of character development. The magic system was definitely something I had not seen before, and I think it expanded quite well as the story progressed.

I enjoyed the writing in this novel and as this is a debut I believe the author’s character and plot development will only continue with her further books. I will be keeping my eye on her. Overall, I enjoyed the story but I would like to see more female characters and character development from this author in future, that would make my heart very happy.

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If you enjoy historical fiction young adult books, I definitely recommend you pick up this book and keep a close eye on the author!

Until next time, Keep Thinking Inklings,

Bianca

Links and Excerpt

Samantha’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/smcohoe

Samantha’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samanthacohoe/

Wednesday Books Twitter: https://twitter.com/wednesdaybooks

Wednesday Books Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wednesdaybooks/
Buy link for A GOLDEN FURY: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/a-golden-fury/

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I would like to thank Wednesday Books for providing me with the opportunity to participate in this Blog Tour and for providing me with an eARC copy of the book.

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