The Letter From Briarton Park

 

***1/2

PG

{BSt}

Could Easily Recommend

I ended up really enjoying this book.

There was a murder (a little later in the book) but it wasn't the focus and so I wouldn't really call it a Murder Mystery...it was quite a simple "mystery" to solve but it did add a bit of intrigue.

Really, the only thing I had against it was the {Back Story}.  Even though it was a major part of the story, it wasn't looked upon favorably or condoned so I guess it was handled well.

I liked how she handled the kissing scenes...just very minimal description and quick :)

I could easily recommend this book!

I could recommend this book

The Gentlewoman Farmer

 

***

PG

Could Easily Recommend

I sought this book out because it was written by a woman that was in a writing class I took a few years ago from Julianne Donaldson.  It's been fun to follow a few of these women who have actually gone on to publish.

I thought it was a sweet story with a somewhat atypical storyline which was nice :)

I did feel like there were a few moments where the conversation/experiences was not super realistic and I thought the very last few sentences in the book were a bit suggestive (even though they are married) but other than those two things I didn't have any complaints.

 I applaud Emily for her debut novel and would be able to easily recommend it to anyone.

The British Booksellers

 

****

PG

{UM}

Easily Recommend

Kristy Cambron is a master!  I love her stories!

This one did not disappoint!

As usual, she is jumping between the past and the present but it was all the same characters in both so it was easier than when she has two time periods and separate groups of characters in each.

There were just a couple of {Uncomfortable Moments}.  The first one involves a husband speaking with his wife about producing an heir.  Nothing explicit is said of course but just the implications are a bit blushworthy :)  Secondly, (maybe I should have categorized this one as the possibility of a {BackStory}) there is a time where a character questions her parentage...suggesting her mother was untrue in her marriage.  I hope this isn't too much of a spoiler but it is made known later that was not the case but still...the possibility is considered.  Other than one uncharacteristic instance of the Lord's name in vain (in a british sort of way) there was no language and everything else was very clean.

I will say, I felt like, for some reason, some of the dialogue was a little harder to follow...such as who was speaking and some of the actual phrases I had to go back and reread because I didn't necessarily understand them the first time.  I don't know, it was a little weird because I don't remember that being a problem in her other books.  It didn't bother me enough to dial down the rating though...it was still a "stay awake into the morning hours to finish" book :)

I could and will easily recommend this book!