bookish_ghost_girl's Reviews (155)

The Crescent Moon Tearoom

Stacy Sivinski

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-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

The Perfect Stranger

Megan Miranda

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

The Royal Governess

Wendy Holden

3.0

funny hopeful informative sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

When it comes to historical fiction, I am done for a good story and learning something, even if its fictional, that I might not have known before. Since I really hadn't heard of Marion Crawford before now, that is what I thought this would be.

While I liked that, as the readers, we are getting an inside look into what it was like to work for royalty, it felt a little flat for me. As a work of fiction, there were times where some of the characters felt rather whiny and not endearing in any sort of way.

The Housemaid

Freida McFadden

3.0

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

While the plot twist caught me by surprise, it felt like there was some whiplash going on leading up to the twist. Even after the plot twist is revealed, I felt like there was some whiplash and repetitiveness happening, which was a bit of a let down for me. Because of that the ending felt flat to me.