Book of The Month discussion

Ancient sorcery. Magic gemstones. Only one woman can save a city in ruins…

1348. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a gift—harnessing the hidden powers of gemstones, she can heal the sick. But when word spread of her unusual abilities, she was condemned as a witch and banished. Now the same men who expelled Ginevra are begging for her return. Ginevra obliges, assuming the city’s leaders are finally ready to accept her unorthodox cures amid a pandemic. But upon arrival, she is tasked with a much different she must use her collection of jewels to track down a ruthless thief who is ransacking Florence’s churches for priceless relics—the city’s only hope for protection. If she succeeds, she’ll be a recognized physician and never accused of witchcraft again. But as her investigation progresses, Ginevra discovers she’s merely a pawn in a much larger scheme than the one she’s been hired to solve. And the dangerous men behind this conspiracy won’t think twice about killing a stone witch to get what they want…

prologue

what an ominous beginning!
(view spoiler)[ I wonder what is killing them all - I assume a plague of some kind. I wonder what she can do! (hide spoiler)]

and the cover, inside pages are gorgeous! I love the illustrations and the map!

Now I wish I had the book. I will probably start tomorrow.

I bet they will be in your ebook!
I just hit a point where there is a page decorated where the inquisitor wrote something. it's really pretty too!

11 chapters

(view spoiler)[ well well well . . .look, now they need her services!

so I like the 2 storylines - Vermilia teaching her and and Ginevra being a young girl
and then Ginevra grown up and having been banished

I love that her one request was to become a doctor!

I wonder if she will find who is stealing the body parts - and I wonder why? are they trying to bring this saint back?

and I wonder what's in the bottles. . . (hide spoiler)]

Through Part 1

(view spoiler)[ wow, so we have more details on the stones and how she learned them. I also liked that she saved the wife with her husband running!

so sad that Vermilia is gone but I love that she went the rocks for her before she even knew!

and wow, her love really did betray her. so sad he's gone too

but we still don't know who or why someone is leaving the liquid and stealing the relics (hide spoiler)]

Through Part 2

(view spoiler)[ Wow, still no guesses on who is doing this. could it be another rock witch - but a man? I must have forgotten someone we bumped into in the previous chapters lol

and Lucia. I'm so sad she felt so good and then she got knocked down by a few mistakes. I hope she's okay even though she's missing. where could she be? (hide spoiler)]

and done

this one was so interesting and funny!

(view spoiler)[ wow! I figured he was putting together a body but I had no idea the other guy wanted to try to become a Cardinal and had planned the thefts and then planned to blame them. horrible

I love that Michele and Ginevra became such good friends! and I love that he put in such a good word for her. AND YAY! They got to give that cat pee porridge! lol and save the town.

I was so disappointed her old home and the girl blamed Ginevra for the thefts and said she took the blood soaked bread. OH! and the thief stayed with them! I love that she was still trying to help him and that he was working with the face cover. it was such a good ending!

I love that it ended with the note that it was based on research. and oh my gosh, I loved that last chapter with the librarian with the letter opener and that she wanted the work! So good! (hide spoiler)]