Bell Weather

Reviewed by: Rabid Reads4.5 starsDo you get feelings about obscure books? You see a cover, hear good things about an author, scan a blurb, and/or are partial to a publisher, so you get a feeling--more of an educated guess, really--and that makes you choose a book that otherwise would have been completely overlooked?I used to do that fairly regularly. Not so much anymore (b/c no time for that nonsense). BUT. That's exactly what happened here, and it's the best gamble I've made in a long, long tim

Dennis Mahoney might just have invented a whole new genre.“Bell Weather” is a historic epic set in Colonial times, just not our own. It has a touch of magic realism, a whiff of fantasy. There are elements of mystery and horror. Most of all, it’s a non-stop adventure story.And with a proto-feminist (one assumes, if Colonial Floria is at all like ours) female lead character, to boot. Molly Bell is a heroine for the ages. This scrappy, brave, infuriating, exciting and unstoppable young woman is bey

'Bell Weather,' by Dennis Mahoney is a good solid read. I would have liked a bit more fantasy, but the author made up for it with an engaging plot. Nicholas and Molly Bell, brother and sister, raised mostly by their governess, Frances, since their Mother died during Molly's birth, have a particular and unique bond. Their father was not a kind or caring man, but rather authoritarian. During a prolonged absence, the father hires a strict and unkind governess to replace their beloved Frances. Mrs.