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Book Review of Rose Cottage

Rose Cottage
Rose Cottage
Author: Mary Stewart
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
Book Type: Hardcover
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This is a leisurely paced, sweet novel about going home again. Though the description mentions a "web of intrigue", the mystery is very understated. Certainly has a good sense of its time, since today the "intrigue" would not even be worth mentioning. But as a look back at a small English village right after WWII, it's quite nice. But still - it's not up to the romantic suspense Stewart wrote earlier. No flowing lovely descriptions of the countryside or food, barely a hint of a romance, even the climax at the end seemed oddly muted.