Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelley - Reshelved Books

Hello Dewey Readers!

I am super excited to review Martha Hall Kelley's latest novel Lost Roses.  Kelley's novel Lilac Girls was a wonderful read, so when her latest novel arrived as an ARC from Baker and Taylor I was super excited to take it home and review it on our blog for all of you.  While Lilac Girls follows the story of WWII, Lost Roses follows the story of WWI and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Now I am not a big history buff or historical fiction fan, but I became interested in the royal Russian family after reading a y.a. novel centered around the Romanovs when I was in graduate school. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why I found this novel so hard to put down.  

Not only does this novel tell the horrors Russian families faced during the war, but it also examines the unbreakable bond of a mother and her child in conjunction to the horrors of abusive domestic relationships.  The novel itself has a plot that makes the reader quickly devour the pages, while there are just enough details to leave the reader stunned and begging for more.  Like Lilac Girls, Lost Roses is a well researched piece of literary art that leaves the reader feeling like they have traveled back into time.  

So Dewey Readers, I leave you with a rating of 5 out of 5 Coffee Beans.  Look for this novel on April 2, 2019. 

~Jessica