Daily Archives: June 8, 2020

Serious relationships explored

Always the Last to Know

By: Kristan Higgins

Rating: 4 of 5

Over the years, I have read many books by Kristan Higgins. I started with her light-hearted romances and have, more recently, enjoyed her longer, fictional literature with humorous overtones.

This book is different. It is more serious and explores familial relationships from a more realistic viewpoint.

The family in the book is the Frost family, who are maybe but probably not related to Robert Frost. However, they are a big deal in their town, thanks to the hard work by the matriarch, Barb Frost.

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Interesting gothic tale set in England

The House of Whispers

By: Laura Purcell

Rating: 4 of 5

I’ve recently been re-reading gothic tales from the 1970’s and 1980’s. I thought I would try a modern novel as well. This is the first book I have read by author Laura Purcell, so I don’t know if this is the genre that she writes usually or if this is a step in a new direction for her.

The story is truly gothic, with a creepy castle set on a high and barren mountain on the Cornish shoreline.

The story is set in two time periods and switches back and forth throughout the telling. Many of the characters exist in both time periods, their past and their present.

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