arce's Reviews (464)

Murder by Moonlight

Matthew Costello, Neil Richards

3.75

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Mystery at the Manor

Matthew Costello, Neil Richards

3.75

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Murder on Thames

Matthew Costello, Neil Richards

3.75

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

New Recruits at Goodwill House

Fenella J Miller

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

After the first book in this series, I wasn't sure if I wanted to read the second. Thank God I did! I liked this one much better and I cared for Ted and Millie way more than for Sarah and Angus. Also, I was very glad how things came along between Johanna and her mother-in-law, and am very intrigued to find out what happenes next at Goodwill House.

The War Girls of Goodwill House

Fenella Miller

2.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I really had hope for this book, I liked the premise, the setting (WWII, pilot, strong indepentand female), but it really let me down.
There were a few scenes, where I didn't get, what the author was trying to tell me with things happening, why did she write that scene, to what purpose?

For example, Sarah showing the french gentleman the wine cellar, I get, that this allows the french family to come to the cellar later and have the next medical incident happen, but at that time I was very confused.

A lot scenes ending very abrupt, time skipping back and forth with changing the POV, left me quite irritated, besides the disproportional use of 'absolutely splendid'.

The ending left me wondering, what exactly now happened to Sarah and Angus, why the mother-in-law came to Goodwill House and what will happen to the Lord in France. I really hope the next book will explain that, else I have to remove Fenella J. Miller from my to-read.