"Quirky and intense." --Erik Burns, New York Times Book Review  

"One of the year's most unusual and replete fictions." --Kirkus Review

"Captivating and compelling."--New Woman

"Hodgson richly evokes . . . a world that seems both perfectly real and perfectly ripe for the strange happenings she describes."--Pauline Mayer, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"A mischievous, faux travelogue of a brightly imagined Paris."--George Myers, Jr. Columbus Dispatch

"Each turn of the page scares, shocks, or thrills anew."--Mike Trilby, Booklist

"In the very best possible sense, this book is a rat's nest."
--Candace Savage, Globe and Mail