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Originally Posted by orlok
I was on the verge of getting this from Audible yesterday, but the 1 star rating put me off, even though it was one of their featured recommendations. I thought it sounded intriguing, but hesitated. If it really is worth a try, I may just change my mind.
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This is my first Harwood (probably not my last - I missed your review Don!) - it has great ratings on Amazon.
Granted, this isn't Great Literature, but it's an entertaining & well written Gothic romp. Every cliche in the book for endangered frail mentally challenged heroine is thrown at you - but it's fun, and hasn't been boring yet. The horror element is Jamesian (Turn of the Screw & others) - in that it is realistic but fantastic - is it a nightmare, hallucination, madness .... or reality? And the historic/period detail is well done. I'm about half way through and highly recommend it -
