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To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin (view source)
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Because of the interplay of love and duty, the modern and the traditional, this was a remarkably tense book and I raced through it. There was a sense of inevitability at times, when I could see a character hurtling towards a metaphorical cliff and wanted to shout and warn them, but that drew me in of course, to see what became of the situation.
To Capture What We Cannot Keep put me in mind a little of Tracy Chevalier's Falling Angels, but [[The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley]] might also be a good next move. It has fantasy elements, but is set in the 1880s with a good grounding in historical fact, on the cusp of modernity, and has the role and restrictions of women as a key theme. You might also enjoy [[The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier]].
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