I'm in no way complaining about the length of The Diviners I just know that some readers found the sheer number of pages in that book rather daunting. But I can honestly say that Born of Illusion holds its own against the work of one of my favorite authors, and it does so in measurably fewer pages. Both books are set in New York during the 1920s and both involve séances, spirits, and the like. Inevitably, I couldn't help but compare this novel to Libba Bray's The Diviners.
=) This particular time period was so rife with change, so imbued with culture, and it makes for some of the more intriguing historical fiction I've had the pleasure of reading.
I still maintain that I was a flapper in a previous life. I love a good historical fiction, especially one set in the Roaring Twenties. Finneas Bennett a snake-oil salesman of the highest caliber. Is her mother truly in danger, or are Anna’s visions merely illusion? And could the great Houdini really be her father, or is it just another of Marguerite’s tricks?įrom Teri Brown comes a world bursting with magic, with romance, and the temptations of Jazz Age New York-and the story of a girl about to become the mistress of her own destiny. And when a mysterious young man named Cole moves into the flat downstairs, introducing Anna to a secret society that studies people with gifts like hers, she is forced to confront her past and rethink everything she’s ever known.
Because while Marguerite’s own powers may be a sham, Anna possesses a true ability to sense people’s feelings and foretell the future.īut as Anna’s powers intensify, she begins to experience frightening visions of her mother in peril, which leads her to explore the powers she’s tried so long to hide. The real trick is keeping her own gifts secret from her opportunistic mother. As the illegitimate daughter of Harry Houdini-or so Marguerite claims-sleight of hand illusions have never been a challenge for Anna. A gifted illusionist, Anna assists her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums, and mentalists in 1920’s New York.
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