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Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling
“To sleep on? Or to wake? This was the question facing me. To sleep, or to wake and face the reckoning, to find out what had been lost.” Although by no means an incompetent debut Before the Ruins does not offer a particularly innovative take on this subgenre (usually we have big houses, a group…
1990s, 1st pov, 20th century, Adult, Before the Ruins, British author, cheating, child abuse, class, cliques, Contemporary, domestic thriller, drama, england, female authors, Florence, friendships, gay side characters, heavy on telling, introspective, Italy, lgbtq+ side, LITERARY FICTION, LONDON, manor/big house, MEMORY, missing jewels, MYSTERY, psychological, published in 2021, read in 2021, sexual assault/abuse/rape, SMALL TOWN, SUSPENSE, trauma, Victoria Gosling, Wiltshire -
A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier — book review
“One thing was for sure: This Christmas was going to be anything but boring.” A Castle in the Clouds is the book equivalent of cotton candy. Fluffy, sickly sweet, and somewhat insubstantial. Nevertheless, with its Clue meets Scooby Doo story this latest novel by Kerstin Gier makes for an entertaining, if silly, read. A Castle…
1st pov, 3.25 stars, A Castle in the Clouds, adventure, Christmas reads, Contemporary, drama, female authors, German, german author, hotel, HUMOR, Kerstin Gier, missing jewels, mountains, MYSTERY, mystery puzzle, PUBLISHED IN 2017, read in 2020, ROMANCE, Switzerland, TRANSLATED FICTION, uplifting reads, WINTER, winter reads, YOUNG ADULT
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