Sarah Waters - Affinity Review

Overall Rating

Well-written, suspenseful, with an unanticipated twist.

Not everyone is interested this era (but the book will probably convince readers of its worth).

"Affinity" is a moving and subtly erotic novel that deftly and surprisingly carries the reader into the passionate embrace of a prison and its female inmates. Selina, a Spiritualist inmate subtly entices Margaret, a young lonely spinster, with her psychic charms and alluring sensuality.
Falling prey to Selina's charms, Margaret is thrust into a world of hidden love, Spiritualism and mediumship, culminating in heart-throbbing illicit and emotionally-charged endeavors. The reader is drawn into the underworld of the psychic medium, worlds beyond our own, and the sweet love that pulls Margaret deeper into the prison world. The twist at the end is piquant - like a honey-dripped lemon. Taste the wonder of Sarah Water's "Affinity."