4 stars: This is a high 4 for me as a science nerd. If you like historical science fantasy, this will grab you.
My Thoughts:
My secret dream job when I was in college was to cut things up. Not things. That is not fair. I did not want to be a chef. I really wanted to cut up bodies, but not to heal or anything. More to just see how things worked. I spent so much time in the lab that my body exuded formaldehyde and riding the bus home in the evenings, people tended to move away from me when I sat down.
Immortality is the second story following Anatomy: A Love Story. Hazel Sinnett has lost Jack. She is not sure if he took the vial for immortality or even if the vial for immortality is just a scam. Either way, Jack is gone and she needs to find her way in this world alone. Although she has not been able to go to school, she continues to treat patients, especially women at her home, Hawthornden Castle. She does an abortion and is turned in by the woman and scheduled to die until the court notifies her that they want her to be the personal physician of Princess Charlotte.
This story continues to be a feminist drama, a medical mystery, as well as a romance gone wrong. This second one was a fast read, or listen in this case. I don't think I slept much.
From the Publisher:
Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before—the immortality, Beecham’s vial—were a figment of her imagination. She doesn’t even know if Jack is alive or dead. All she can really do now is treat patients and maintain Hawthornden Castle as it starts to decay around her.
When saving a life leads to her arrest, Hazel seems doomed to rot in prison until a message intervenes: Hazel has been specifically requested to be the personal physician of Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III. Soon Hazel is dragged into the glamor and romance of a court where everyone has something to hide, especially the enigmatic, brilliant members of a social club known as the Companions to the Death.
As Hazel’s work entangles her more and more with the British court, she realizes that her own future as a surgeon isn't the only thing at stake for her. Malicious forces are at work in the monarchy, and Hazel may be the only one capable of setting things right.
When saving a life leads to her arrest, Hazel seems doomed to rot in prison until a message intervenes: Hazel has been specifically requested to be the personal physician of Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III. Soon Hazel is dragged into the glamor and romance of a court where everyone has something to hide, especially the enigmatic, brilliant members of a social club known as the Companions to the Death.
As Hazel’s work entangles her more and more with the British court, she realizes that her own future as a surgeon isn't the only thing at stake for her. Malicious forces are at work in the monarchy, and Hazel may be the only one capable of setting things right.
Publication Information:
Author: Dana Schwartz
Narrator: Mhairi Morrison, Tim Campbell
Publisher: MacMillan Audio (February 28, 2023)
Length: 12 hours, 2 minutes
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