As you can see from my rating, I liked this book quite a lot, which is a bit of surprise since the elements of the book really didn't work for me all that well. The thing is that Mary Stewart can just WRITE, you guys. I love reading her books because she is able to create these evocative settings th...
Bryony Ashley knows that her family's grand estate is both hell and paradise -- once elegant and beautiful, yet mired in debt and shrouded in shadow. Devastated by her father's sudden death abroad, she is nonetheless relieved to learn the responsibility of running Ashley Court has fallen to a cousin...
A centuries-old castle in Britain, complete with a moat and a maze – check. The aristocratic Ashley family, gradually disintegrating as the 20th century marches along – check. A plucky heroine Bryony, with a telepathic gift that’s popped up in her ancestors now and again – check. Bryony’s father dyi...
Good new classic. A bit slow (I'm so used to contemporary writers and more action), but very well done. A suspenseful psychic mystery with mild to medium romantic undertones.I think I may have read it many years (like 35?) ago as small things would seem familiar, but it truly was mostly unfamiliar.
I liked this one a lot, probably best of the group of Stewarts I read this month. I think it’s partly the plot which (like Thornyhold) has a bit of the fantastic to it, and partly the setting. [Feb 2012]
It's a miserable day outside, so I thought it fitting to revisit a childhood favourite and see how it stands up over time. Reading the kindle edition, although the pictured yellow hardcover is the one I read originally.
3.5 stars (wishing there was a way to indicate half-stars!)I'm sure I must have read this in grade school or middle school... and while the book still has its appeal, it's interesting to me to see how far we've come from the 70s. As a young girl, this book held mystery, thrills, romance, and a bit o...
Bryony Ashley's father is critically injured by a hit and run driver, and he's only able to live long enough to leave a cryptic warning that she's in danger, the rest of his words seem to make no sense at all. Or do they? Devastated, she returns to her cottage near Ashley Court, the family's ancient...
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