My February reads
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christianreaderSarah Addison Allen – First frost 4/5
In this sequel to Addison Allen's Garden Spells, we meet up with the Waverley sisters some 10 years later. Sydney's daughter Bay is now a self-assured teenager loving a popular boy at school from afar. When Sydney finds out who he is, she tries her utmost to keep him from getting involved with Bay, because of her past with the boy's father. Sydney's sister Claire is now a succesfull candy maker, but seems to loose herself more and more in her business.
Addison Allen is the queen of magical realism and I love the surprising way she weaves the Waverley magic into her stories, like in Sydney's hair which changes colour all by itself or the way the Waverley house can shut people out. That being said, this was a weak sequel compared to Garden Spells. It felt like a compilation of loose storylines and quite a few of them did not seem to go anywhere. My favourite storyline was about Bay and Josh, their bonding was really quite cute.
In this sequel to Addison Allen's Garden Spells, we meet up with the Waverley sisters some 10 years later. Sydney's daughter Bay is now a self-assured teenager loving a popular boy at school from afar. When Sydney finds out who he is, she tries her utmost to keep him from getting involved with Bay, because of her past with the boy's father. Sydney's sister Claire is now a succesfull candy maker, but seems to loose herself more and more in her business.
Addison Allen is the queen of magical realism and I love the surprising way she weaves the Waverley magic into her stories, like in Sydney's hair which changes colour all by itself or the way the Waverley house can shut people out. That being said, this was a weak sequel compared to Garden Spells. It felt like a compilation of loose storylines and quite a few of them did not seem to go anywhere. My favourite storyline was about Bay and Josh, their bonding was really quite cute.
Elizabeth Edmondson – Night and day 3/5
Cleo, a modern, working girl in 1930's London, enters the world of high society when her mother marries Lord Landrake. When visiting them at Landrake House in Cornwall, Cleo feels there are many secrets to the house and its inhabitants. Together with nephew Fitz, she tries to unearth the past before the weekend is over.
This was such a weird book. There was nothing wrong with the story or even the main characters, but the way it was told, it was so aloof, like there was no emotion at all and a huge amount of things were only implied, but never really stated. I also felt like the ending was really unsatisfactory. Or maybe I'm just not much of a mystery reader!
Cleo, a modern, working girl in 1930's London, enters the world of high society when her mother marries Lord Landrake. When visiting them at Landrake House in Cornwall, Cleo feels there are many secrets to the house and its inhabitants. Together with nephew Fitz, she tries to unearth the past before the weekend is over.
This was such a weird book. There was nothing wrong with the story or even the main characters, but the way it was told, it was so aloof, like there was no emotion at all and a huge amount of things were only implied, but never really stated. I also felt like the ending was really unsatisfactory. Or maybe I'm just not much of a mystery reader!
Rachael Lucas – Coming up roses 4/5
Daisy is house-sitting for her parents in a small English village. She has had a rough time and only wants to work in the garden and stay away from people. But then village life draws her in and just as she meets new friends and starts to feel at home, the future of her beloved garden is at stake.
A very cute read in a lovely setting. Daisy is a lovely and relatable character and I loved her friendships with Elaine, Jo and Thomas and ofcourse Ned the vet (I tend to love vets as characters!) The depiction of the village life was just great with the open garden day and the fair, totally makes you want to live in a place like that!
Sarah Ladd – The headmistress of Rosemere 4/5
Daisy is house-sitting for her parents in a small English village. She has had a rough time and only wants to work in the garden and stay away from people. But then village life draws her in and just as she meets new friends and starts to feel at home, the future of her beloved garden is at stake.
A very cute read in a lovely setting. Daisy is a lovely and relatable character and I loved her friendships with Elaine, Jo and Thomas and ofcourse Ned the vet (I tend to love vets as characters!) The depiction of the village life was just great with the open garden day and the fair, totally makes you want to live in a place like that!
Sarah Ladd – The headmistress of Rosemere 4/5
Since the death of her father Patience Creighton has been leading their family's girls school. One night their landlord William Sterling stumbles into the school wounded stirring something in Patience.
One of my weaknesses is a bad-boy-reformed-by-good-girl story and I found that in this novel from Sarah Ladd! I really liked Patience, her intelligence and strength were great. I also liked the progression of her relationship with William, though, as is often the case in Christian historical novels, their was a bit too much insta-love, but it didn't bother me too much here. A 19th century school has already been the setting for many great (classic) novels and again works quite well in this book, though I wish (even) more use could have been made of for example the pupils or teachers.
Books read in February: 4
Books read in 2016:
One of my weaknesses is a bad-boy-reformed-by-good-girl story and I found that in this novel from Sarah Ladd! I really liked Patience, her intelligence and strength were great. I also liked the progression of her relationship with William, though, as is often the case in Christian historical novels, their was a bit too much insta-love, but it didn't bother me too much here. A 19th century school has already been the setting for many great (classic) novels and again works quite well in this book, though I wish (even) more use could have been made of for example the pupils or teachers.
Books read in February: 4
Books read in 2016:
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