Excellent book with a great storyline. Characters that are so well written. I would highly recommend this book to anyone!

I usually love Gothic novels but this one just doesn't live up to its promise. The main character is interesting but a bit flat. I've just read a The Corset which is amazing and I loved Affinity. This just isn't quite good enough. The twists are really obvious and not very clever. Readable but not memorable.

I enjoyed the style of this book and how Frannie changed depending on the situation she was in. Parts were predictable but overall I enjoyed it!

A historical who-dunnit with a bit of slavery and whoring thrown in - so a bit of something for everyone!

Frannie is a maid, a slave, a whore, a ladies' companion, an addict - her role depends on her current master or mistress. Her confession is written as she awaits her trial for murder. But what is she confessing to? The stories from her past makes one's stomach turn much more than the crimes for which she has been accused.

A great tale although I did feel it could have benefited from a bit of judicious editing. It did seem to go on and on, and even I, not the most observant of readers, worked out Frannie's parentage in the early stages of the book so I could not share Frannie's shock at the late reveal.

The Confessions of Frannie Langton is a well written and engaging book. It tells a tough story of slave life in Jamaica, and then in London. Some parts could be a bit much for more squeamish or sensitive readers. But such things happened and are well documented (I studied them during my History degree) and are not overly described by Sara Collins, just there. I won't mention any spoilers but I shall probably buy the book when it is published as I would like to see the author's comments and reading list if she's included it. I didn't really like or warm to any of the characters in the book but that did not stop me enjoying the journey. I would imagine this appealing to readers who enjoyed The Kitchen House and similar black slave stories.