Each of the books in the In Focus series gives you an easy to read, introduction to a specific topic. In Focus palmistry gives you a lot of information about palmistry - including the fact that palm reading doesn't just focus on the lines in your palm. It includes other things like the shape of your fingers. My only complaint about the book is that the imagery could have been better.

There is more to reading someone's hand than just looking at the lines of the palm. This book explains how the shape of the hand, fingers and fingernails are as important as the lines of the palm, the fingerprints and so many more lines.
I was actually impressed how many different lines there are to be considered in a hand reading.

Great book for the beginner. I have wanted to get into Palmistry for some time now and have read a few books on the subject. Most of the books really were not written in easy instructions. The lines on the hand are pretty close together and if you aren't on the right line you give a wrong reading. This book was pretty helpful in getting the correct lines. The book was helpful and interesting.

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Best part of this book: It's fully colored.
Palmistry is a complicated topic (at least I think so), but the charts and explanations made understanding details easier and more interesting. Thumbs up to the illustrations too!

Very straightforward with a clean design. It was informative and interesting. It also did not feel repetitive or like it was relying previous knowledge.

This is a in depth fascinating book about palm reading and how to read your own palms. The author has included diagrams, list of various areas of life to address as well as directions everyone new to palm reading can utilize easily . I will be referring to it time and time again as I learn this important craft. I would recommend the book version rather then the kindle. This is definitely one book i will be adding to my library ! thank you for the ARC . My opinion is my own. I highly recommend this book !

I'll be blunt here: I wanted to love this book, and didn't.

I've been fascinated with palmistry for years. An acquantaince at a psychic fair read my palm many moons ago, and foretold several interesting tidbits in my life. As well, a few folks have shook my hand, looked at my palm and then told me fascinating information (all accurate). So getting an advance copy of this book (thank you NetGalley and publisher!) was welcomed with glee.

Sadly, the book - like the others in the In Focus series - oddly jump right into the details without a lot of explanation or background. Yes, I realize this is a small, focused book - but if I know nothing about the topic I need a bit of an introduction. Instead, this book immediately discusses what palmistry can and cannot do.

Then we learn a small amount of history, and then the details of reading each part of the hand. Phew! This is overwhelming, and a bit too dense of material. The images, however, are delightful, useful and approrpriate. I wished there were one for every explanation, as a few times I couldn't tell if my own palm fit the description.

This is where the book fails, for me. Rarely did I find my palm in any of the readings. I don't think I'm that unusual, especially since others have read my palm effortlessly in the past. Yet, with each passing chapter I was left empty. Nope, not in the love line, fate line, apollo lione, fingers, fingerprints, thumb.... gosh, I'm nowhere in here. Okay, I give up.

I suspect for a book like this to succeed in it's task, it needs more illustrations covering every possible situation so that folks can feel included, or at least find the point to learning such a detailed craft. I, however, will continue to leave this art to the experts.

I received an ARC of this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This was a neat and interesting book on how to read people’s palms and hands. It was a very informative introduction into the art of palmistry and it was fun to read my own hands as I did it. It is all up to interpretation of course so it wasn’t 100% accurate but it was cool nonetheless.
I would recommend to those interested in starting or just for interests sake.

I loved the way this book was laid out. Everything was beautifully designed and all the illustrations were very clear. Roberta Vernon does her best to explain an at times confusing topic and I really felt like I had learnt something by the end of the book!

A great starter book for anyone who is interested in palm reading and science. Great illustrations and easy to follow tips.

I really enjoyed using this book to look at my palm and my families! Very interesting if palmesty is something you're interested in.

I have been fascinated by fortune tellers and psychics and various forms of body reading. Palmistry seems like one of the most basic forms. This book let me know there is much more to the science of reading the lines of the hand, and shapes of the fingers, etc. than I had suspected.

It is an informative and fun read.

I was very interested to know the art of reading hands and after this book I feel more compelled to continue my studies. One of the highlights of the book it's the simplicity in exemplifying the meanings behind each line and aspect that a hand can possess. Extremely didactic, the book manages to have a pleasant tone to the reader, without tiring the reading. It's a quick read. I just missed having a few more drawings showing some of the examples explained better, the lack of them sometimes left me confused. Other than that, it's a great book for who is starting on this area.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC, provided by the author and/or the publisher in exchange for an honest review

This is the first book on palmistry I have ever read, and I’m now obsessed with the practice. I was always under the impression that palmistry would be interesting but hard to understand. I love the way this book really lates a wonderful foundation for continuing my study of palmistry. I love that I didn’t feel confused at all while reading.

I have liked this introduction. Though I am not into palmistry I think that it can be a great introduction to this divination without looking at something that is ten or fifteen years old.

A quick read with insight into palmistry. Perfect for those curious about just what mediums are reading.

This was a really interesting look at the various features on your hands and what they could indicate. However, I needed more pictures/drawings! Firstly because I kept having to flip back and forth to look at the one main drawing indicating all of the features as I was reading the further sections of the book; secondly because some of the lines and marks are so small or strange that I wasn't sure if I was looking at the right thing (or even in the right spot). Still, fascinating stuff!

In Focus Palmistry by Roberta Vernon

Interested in learning to read palms? This book is jam packed with information to absorb and memorize that will help you see hands in a totally new way. It will take some time to learn it all but it is a treasure trove of ideas and knowledge gleaned over the years by the author who gladly shares it with the reader. I do believe to become adept one would need to keep the book in hand and practice on friends and family for a while ;)

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for the ARC – this is my honest review.

4 Stars

I like this series of books! I think they have an excellent design and the information is easy to understand and well summarized.

Much like In Focus Crystals, In Focus Palmistry gave me more information than I anticipated that I couldn't get fully engaged because it was a lot at once. If someone is interested heavily in the topic than this is the right book for them or for someone who wants to learn even more about a topic of interest.