![]() ![]() When Carmelina comes to Rome, she takes a gamble on a disastrous wedding feast and finds herself working in the powerful household of Rodrigo Borgia. ![]() However, that sentiment was short-lived, as The Serpent and the Pearl exerted just as strong a hold as Quinn’s earlier novels – subjecting me to a sucker punch in the stomach when I turned the last page and realized that I would have to wait for the next installment to see the characters escape their predicaments.Ĭarmelina is on the run from a shadowy past – but she has two things to stand her in good stead: her stock of recipes, and the favor of Santa Marta, patron saint of cooks. Admittedly, when I heard that Kate Quinn’s latest novel was set not in the classical world but rather in Renaissance Italy, I was a bit disappointed. ![]()
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