Rating: 5/10
Summary: A conspiracy entwining two women from two different eras. Alais is a seventeen-year-old living in Carcassonne in 1209. Alice Tanner is a young woman from the present 2005. From conspiracies, secrets of the Grail, symbols and skeletons, this story weaves both their lives.
My thoughts: An interesting concept moving the book forward by jumping from past to present, and weaving the stories of the two women together. However, I did find the book repetitive as both women essential went through the same things.
It took me quite a few chapters to get into this book; I found it longwinded with too many descriptive scenes that led nowhere. I feel like this book could have done very well had it been about 200 pages shorter or even 150 pages shorter. And the characters definitely needed a bit more development.
Even though this may seem negative, I am still planning on reading her next book, hopefully it will be more enjoyable.
Quote p.199: “She was taking a risk, a woman travelling alone. Wilful, her father would call it. But she was an excellent rider, quick and instinctive, and she had faith in her ability to outride any group of routiers or bandits. Besides, to her knowledge, there had been no attacks on Viscount Trencavel’s lands.”
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