Janice - reviewed on 6/15/2015 + 647 more book reviews

I have read several Klassen titles before and liked them.

I don't really understand why her novels are classed with "Christian fiction"; they seem like old fashioned traditional regencies to me; the people in them don't go on and on about their particular religion any more than many people in that age really did, when churchgoing was a more common thing and principles of Christian conduct were supposed to inform one's actions; there may be no overt sex in them but there are certainly references and consequences.

Whatever. That said, this is the first Klassen I was unable to finish. I bogged down in the middle, set it aside and couldn't pick it up again. For some reason the story and the "mystery" didn't hold my interest, and the central characters never came to life for me. Instead I would recommend Lady of Milkweed Manor or The Girl in the Gatehouse.

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