But Silas has only thought of one thing since their meeting, and his obsession is darkening. Suddenly her world begins to expand, to become a place of art and love.

When Iris is asked to model for pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint. For Iris, an aspiring artist, it is the encounter of a moment – forgotten seconds later, but for Silas, a collector entranced by the strange and beautiful, that meeting marks a new beginning. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and among the crowd watching the spectacle two people meet. The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession. So today, (sorry for my waffling), I’m going to be talking about The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal which I read in October with some of the lovely members of gang! Hannah set this up and we had so much fun reading this book, talking about it, all the wild speculating was hilarious and I definitely needed it because I don’t think I would have finished this book without the buddy reading and the chatting! Now, keep on reading for all my thoughts, and I apologise if it doesn’t make sense, it’s still very much exploding in my head aha! How has your week been and what do you have planned for this weekend? I’ve had such a busy week, so many online classes and I have so many papers, presentations and so much research to do, but I’m going to let myself breathe this weekend because I need to look after myself! Yes it’s Friday, and no this is not a Down the TBR Hole post as I usually do on Fridays aha! I’m so busy with university work and I’m still feeling fairly bad so I decided to be easy on myself for once and just post a review instead! I should be back with the DTTH post next week though, well, I hope so anyway!

Book the doll factory