2.5 starsI don't quite know what to make of this one. Another book I found looking for books for a reading challenge. I found the subject quite fascinating and I did quite like the a first half of the book.Set in the 1700s th story is about a girl who lives in a cottage at the ruins of a monastery w...
Expectations... I confess that i wasn't able to appreciate this book. The writing is okay, it has a fluidity to it, that makes it easier and compelling to keep on reading, even when i wasn't enjoying the story. The main character Jessamine is a naive young girl who lives alone with her eccentri...
I bought this book at Alnwick Castle, where the gated Poison Garden really strikes you as powerful - even more so once you have read this book. Visiting the Poison Garden at Alnwick Gardens can only increase your enjoyment and understanding of this young adult historical tale. This is a fantastic qu...
The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood is a dark, captivating tale that is based on a concept by the Duchess of Northumberland.My first thoughts were, what is this mindfuckery?! I admit I found it a little weird... okay, a lot weird! But that might be because I read the book in my own language instead ...
This was definitely a novel that I'm so glad I ended up reading. Usually, I'm not a big fan of Victorian era novels and maybe it's because I prefer the reality of our time rather than that time, but either way I ended up finding another novel that will end up going on my list of 'awesome reads'. Eve...
I like Maryrose Wood's writing, and I like her sense of the creepy. I love the gardens, the isolation, the ruins: all the details. The book was a little too paranormal for my taste, the heroine a little to acted upon, the whole thing a bit too much the set up for the series, rather than a fully deve...
3.5One line review: What a strange little mindfuck of a book...Not-one-line-review:**This review is going to be somewhat informed by the fact that I read the first two books in the series before writing either review, so I know what happens next and how it all fits together. Because of that, there ...
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