The Golden Key 
on February 18, 2020
1901. After the death of Queen Victoria, England heaves with the uncanny. Séances are held and the dead are called upon from darker realms.
Helena Walton-Cisneros, known for her ability to find the lost and the displaced, is hired by the elusive Lady Matthews to solve a twenty-year-old mystery: the disappearance of her three stepdaughters who vanished without a trace on the Norfolk Fens.
But the Fens are an age-old land, where folk tales and dark magic still linger. The locals speak of devilmen and catatonic children are found on the Broads. Here, Helena finds what she was sent for, as the Fenland always gives up its secrets, in the end...
The Golden Key…
Lately, I have been making it a habit not to read the synopsis before starting a book because sometimes it reveals too much about the story. That wasn’t the case with The Golden Key. I read the synopsis and fell in love with the synopsis & the cover, but that’s where my love affair for this book ended.
The beginning had potential, but somewhere in the middle, the story seemed to drag. Since I’m a nosey reader… okay scratch that! I’m a curious reader, so it’s tough for me not to finish a book, because I always hold out hope that the book will end up sweeping me off my feet. Towards the end, the author did a great job of capturing my attention enough to finish this read.
If you are in gothic fantasy/historical fiction – this may be the book for you. Overall, it was an okay read for me.
Reviewed by: Orsayor
