Lisa G. (plum-marie) - reviewed on 5/10/2016 + 117 more book reviews

First read by this author and I read it in one sitting (an overnight one). I had read the preview online and was interested enough to get it. Clean book with good characters. I felt the strong Downton Abbey feel but in the end I almost wished it didn't have that. I didn't like the subterfuge of the housekeeper and how she hasn't had any consequences yet. There were also a lot of sub characters to try and follow with so much going on upstairs and down at the same time. I'm still not behind Katherine so not sure how book #2 will go as she is the main character in that one. The book didn't have a strong historical feel though it is set in 1911 but it felt pretty modern. I was pulled in but in the end I felt the heroine was a little too much of a paragon-she was able to solve everyone's problems and wasn't presented with much fault so a little unbelievable as a character. I liked William but all the events that kept happening to put him in a depressed mood were a bit much in the few months the story takes place. Pretty heavy on the religion references throughout. All in all not bad and I'll probably read the author again but not in a hurry.

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