Four interconnected women tell their tale in The Art of Devotion. At the beginning, the reader is immediately told that the loss of Sebastian devastates his mother and sister. His sister Adora had devoted herself to him and really goes off the deep end. Eventually she finds some happiness by essentially stealing away the daughter of Miranda, who is married to the best friend Adora's husband. The story unfolds as the stolen daughter prepares to marry--an event the bride-to-be doesn't seem all that thrilled about.
The only way I can think to describe the prose of The Art of Devotion is to say that it's beautiful. I was sucked in right away, but then I realized that the descriptive nature of epistolatory (or perhaps, diary) chapters would continue throughout the novel and result in little present action. That's when the story really started to drag. I would've lost all interest if weren't for some of the hints at what the "web of lies" from the back cover would be. I just had this suspicion that Bruce-Benjamin was going to go the V.C. Andrews-esque route with at least some of the secrets being kept. Let's just say I was somewhat right.
3/5
Review copy provided by the publisher, Gallery Books.
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