Book Review: The Apothecary's Daughter

The Apothecary's Daughter. Charlotte Betts by Charlotte Betts
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Charlotte is so descriptive and the story is brilliant.
The horrors of the plague are brought to life through the characters we are introduced to. The characters each have their flaws and yet work so well together.
Susanna is a brazen red head with a quick temper who had been spoiled by her father unwilling to really let her go to marriage after the tragic death of his wife in the child bed. She has been taught the ins and outs of apothecary and has soaked up the information prooving herself invaluable in the field. She soon discovers that in her time she is not accepted as anything rather than a wife and mother and after her father remarries finds that life is not so easy for woman.
The descriptions of events that occur in the book pull you into the story and bring those events to life.
Though the main character is not always likable the story keeps you coming back and turning the pages in a frenzy to know who will survive.

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