In The Peculiarities, he achieves a perfect mix of Victorian gothic, alternate history, fantasy and mystery, well glued together with great characters and atmosphere, and even some very dry and witty humour. And it was well worth the read, both in itself and as a portal to a formerly unread author I shall certainly be delving into Mr Liss' back catalogue. My thanks to Netgalley for allowing me an ARC of this book, which might have otherwise escaped my notice. This book is recommended for fantasy readers. Readers will cheer for Thomas as he grows from a feckless young man to someone ready to take on horrendous events. In this new genre for him, the story is still accurate historically while adding the fantastic elements that make the story fall more in the fantasy genre. Can he find out what is going on and can he reverse his condition?ĭavid Liss is a well-known historical fiction author. Thomas has also discovered that the bank is doing strange things and comes to suspect that it is connected to the Peculiarities in some fashion. He also gets help from the woman he is to marry and a family of women turned into wolves. There he meets Alastair Crowley, the renowned magician and enlists him to help. Thomas goes to a magical society to see if they can be of help. Thomas is caught up in this as he has been sprouting leaves and is slowly turning into a tree. There are strangers walking the streets who are murdering prostitutes. Women are reported to be having rabbits as babies. Individuals wake to find themselves turned into wolves or other animals. The Peculiarities, as they are called, have appeared. Walter also insists that Thomas marry a woman whose father Walter wants to do business with.īut London itself is also not doing well. The will specifies that Thomas live with Walter and go to work in the Thresher family bank.
He is now under the supervision of his elder brother, Walter, who has never liked him. When his father dies, Thomas' life is changed. He has lived the life of a wastrel, drinking with his friends in London pubs and dallying his life away. Thomas Thresher is a Victorian gentleman who has never been asked to do much.
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