A review by ljjohnson8
Soul by Tobsha Learner

3.0

Two parallel stories of two women of the same family - Lavinia, a young married Irishwoman living in Victorian England and Julia, her great-great-granddaughter, a geneticist working on a Defense Department project in L.A. Both are wronged by their husbands and it's a story of nurture vs nature (among other things) as they fight against/give in to their instincts regarding their betrayals. I was very involved as the stories unfolded, so I don't want to give too much away and ruin it for someone else. I didn't rate it higher because of some little quibbles such as the character of Gabriel, who doesn't seem to serve much point to me except for a good sex scene or two, and how one-sided Lavinia's husband was drawn. But I definitely recommend it nevertheless, as I enjoyed the interesting plotlines, the details about Victorian society, the politics of science and war, etc.