Book Review Year 6 No 4

With everything else that's going on I'm still reading - and my To Be Read pile is a little lower!

The Victorian Domestic Servant by Trevor May

This was a Christmas present from a friend and part of the Shire Classics.  All very relevant for Sherlock Holmes, and an interesting read.


Romancing Mr Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

This was a ushobwri recommendation.  I can see why it might appeal, but it wasn't for me.  It's set in the Regency period and very upper class.  But to me the attitudes are modern ones and don't sit correctly in the era.  And Colin Bridgerton is very much a poor little rich guy who doesn't realise his privilege, but we're supposed to sympathise with him.  The heroine is feisty but sadly isn't permitted to stand on her own two feet.


Embroidered Truths by Monica Ferris

Another cozy mystery in the series.  I can imagine many would say this wouldn't appeal to them.  I didn't think this was as good as some in the series, maybe because it was obvious the direction it was heading in from partway through.


Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Recommended by Ivory Silk at ushobwri   I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the characters.  I wanted to know what would happen, and really liked the way Sophie Hatter, Calcifer, Michael and Howl were portrayed.  There's great world building, humour, and growing relationships.  And a very clear message that people shouldn't be judged from the outside, not in a preaching sense, but showing the different characters learning it.

( book bingo )