Publication: July 15, 2026
Pages: 359 pages
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars ☆☆☆☆☆
Sweet Spark: Minerva learned everything she could from Nana Alba and the fate of Beatrice Tremblay. Will it be enough to save her?
The three timelines linked by an eventually common evil were so intriguing. Minerva grew up caring for her Nana Alba in Mexico. Her love of reading and literature leads her to graduate school in Massachusetts, where she is studying Beatrice Tremblay, a little known author of macabre tales who met with a mysterious end. As one of the scholarship students at the fancy private college, not much effort was put in to finding if she ran off with one of the young men doing maintenance at the school, returned to her family across the country, or met with a tragic end. Minerva feels that finding out is an important part of her thesis about Beatrice Tremblay as an author.
Through her solitary research during the summer term, Minerva finds that another student may have previously been looking at the same books and stories as Beatrice. Oddly enough, no one knows where he moved on to when he unexpectedly dropped out.
Minerva is sure that the key is a rich old woman nearby who was in school with Beatrice. Luckily her grandson is in school with Minerva and arranges an introduction. Can the old woman's suggestions help Minerva find what happened to Beatrice, and more about the writing and drawing she produced before she disappeared??
While one part of Nana Alba's story of her youth gave big ick vibes, pushing through that was worth it to connect the stories of the characters. The book earned 5 out of 5 stars and would be recommended to those who enjoy gothic and historical fiction, and strong female characters.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my electronic copy of this book. Receiving the book for free did not influence my review.
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