by Claire Legrand
For me, the best part of The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls was the protagonist herself, Victoria. Victoria Wright is literally the best--she is the top of her class, has bouncy blonde curls, and keeps her room immaculately clean. My favorite things about Victoria, however, are her flaws. She may...
I wanted to like this book so badly. I love Claire LeGrand, and I'm dying to read Winterspell and Flights & Chimes... but Mrs. Cavendish just didn't do it for me like I'd hoped. It was very very dark, which I don't usually mind, if there's a point to it. And there didn't seem to be. I absolutely hat...
This is one of those books, that hadn't a trusted friend of mine read it, and praised it to the heavens, I probably, wouldn't have read it. I admit. The combination of the tags, middle grade (are you nuts?) and horror, would have pretty much kept me away from this.. What can i say? Things that a...