by Susanna Kearsley
Due to Goodreads not allowing for half stars, I rounded this up to 4 stars though I would give it a 3.5.Told in alternating points of view, we flash back to the 1730s in France and to the present day in France. One of the two main characters is Sara Thomas. Sara, is in her late 20s and has Asperger'...
Although highly-entertaining and a satisfying page-turner, there is more substance to this novel than the cover might suggest. Not only is the duality of a shadow-court inherently intriguing ("a castle with its king and all his courtiers who were real, yet without substance, moving always as a mir...
author Susanna Kearsley agrees, and states it this way: "It's one of my personal quirks that I can't make a person a felon unless I'm convinced, from the records available, that's what he was. However long dead these people might be, they were – and remain – people first and as such they deserve to ...
How could you not care about an author who treats her historic characters like this?: "It's one of my personal quirks that I can't make a person a felon unless I'm convinced, from the records available, that's what he was. However long dead these people might be, they were – – and remain – – peopl...
I instantly liked Sara Thomas from the beginning. Her apprehensive behavior is intriguing and my interest in her continued as I read. The casual and subtle romance with Luc was much like a reward for both Sara and myself after I had become quite attached to her and wanted her to reach a happy ending...
Simply fabulous, another fantastic book by Susanna Kearsley.
4.5
Believe it or not, this was my first book by Susanna Kearsley. While I thoroughly enjoyed the story, there was a lot of fluff in here that I skipped over. Two pages filled with looking for a dog, that was always being looked for? Yeah, skipped over that. But once I skipped the fluff that was through...
Whenever I'm in a reading slump I can always count on a Susanna Kearsley novel. They're readable, engrossing, and just plain good.A Desperate Fortune was a bit different than her last few novels. There was no time travel, instead we just went back and forth between two women from two time periods. W...
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