Review 56: The Glass Woman

The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was a quick read! This book took hold of me and wouldn't let go until the end. Caroline Lea certainly wrote the tension right. Yet I didn't feel that the characters were true to themselves throughout the book.

This was an atmospheric book. Set in 1686 in Iceland during the last few months of that year. We have Rosa who is newly married and her husband that demands and expects with harsh looks, but doesn't hit. Yet Rosa cowers.

This is a time of changing religions, the old ways must be put aside now known as a crime of witchcraft with a punishment of burning. Yet the comfort is hard to let go.

All is not as it seems on the surface. There were a few turns in the story I found were nearly unbelievable. Perhaps I was expecting too much. Certainly it read fast, yet my experience felt discordance with portions, which amplified at the end.


I received a free copy of this book at a library conference. I was not required to write a review, but felt like it and, of course, the above opinions are my own.