Lessons: Part 3

Maggie Adair #3C

by Jenny Colgan, Jane Beaton

***PART THREE OF A THREE-PART SERIAL***

The unmissable third and final instalment of Jenny Colgan's return to the Little School by the Sea - perfect for anyone who ever dreamed of going to boarding school!

In the final part of three instalments, the girls of Downey House are up to their usual tricks - and their teacher, Maggie, is a little distracted by developments in her relationship...

Genres: Romance, Chick Lit, Rom Com, Fiction

86 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 4, 2019

About the author

Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including 'The Little Shop of Happy Ever After' and 'Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery', which are also published by Sphere.' Meet Me at the Cupcake Café' won the 2012 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance and was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, as was 'Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams', which won the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013.

For more about Jenny, visit her website and her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter.

Jenny Colgan has also been published under the name Jenny T. Colgan.

Reviews

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audiobook.

I am totally confused. It just ends, with a leader line but with the knowledge that there is not another book to follow. Is it me, am I missing something? I liked it, want to know how it ends (OK, so I DO know how it ends, but I want to READ how it ends)!

[Nicola Clough · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the last part in the series but was confusing at the end as leads you to believe there is another book but says it's the last part so not sure.
Great to go back to the boarding school and see what happens a good read.

[Candy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Once again this author has permitted misleading information about her books. She has previously published a book under a different title thus allowing the possibility of readers purchasing a book that they already own.

Lessons:Part 3 is advertised as the final part of a trilogy but it stops abruptly and is not concluded. I am not surprised that other readers are confused. The book is very short and frankly appears to be a quick and lazy way to finish up the series in a very unsatisfactory manner. My advice to the author would be to change her publisher.

[Lynn Gatehouse · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third part of story of the students, faculty, and administrators at the School By the Sea is an easy and enjoyable read. The cliffhanger at the end infers that Book 4 in the series is yet to come.

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was hooked when I saw the blurb, like Malory Towers for grown-ups, and it really is.

Maggie Adair is a schoolteacher from a rough inner city comprehensive in Glasgow who swaps it all for a position at an exclusive girls' boarding school called Downey House in Cornwall.

The second book ended on a bit of a cliff-hanger for Maggie and David, the English teacher from the boy's boarding school just over the hill from Downey House and book 3 starts with the fall out from those events.

I have no idea why I bought this in three parts when the book was available so I am just going to review the whole thing. Neither school is happy with what happened and David has been forced to leave, Maggie has been instructed not to contact David in any way if she wants to keep her job. Both of them face massive upheaval (which I totally won't spoil) and there is a new scholarship girl joining the school.

So if you wished that Enid Blyton had written books for adults then this lovely series could be the one for you.

[Helen Costello · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I've reached the end of the road with this series. It was light and fairly enjoyable but I definitely found myself feeling something was lacking from my reading experience and have headed straight for a gritty murder afterwards.

There seemed a bit too much missing each other by co-incidence here. We all knew they would get together at the end - there could have been much more of a story around the other characters. I'm not sure the new girl, Isme added much to the equation, other than for another thing for Fliss to fixate on. Will someone please do something about that girl's confidence?

What was the story with Ash all about too? Seemed like that was just thrown in there. A couple of comments about it not being good to go back to a relationship after a suicide attempt but actually that is exactly what happened. And then we are made to believe it wasn't a 'real' attempt! Ugh!

On the other hand, I thought the writing was strong enough when discussing David in his new school. This seemed fairly realistic (although are Ofsted seriously going to keep that Headteacher in there?)

[Vanessa-Ann Dowsett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am so disappointed about the ending. It says on the blurb that this is the final in the series but the final paragraph leaves everything in the air. We are back with the same characters at the boarding school for young girls but toward the end the headmistress has a secret, is it the same as in other stories or is it something new, we shall never know, or, will we? Surely there has to be another volume. The narrator was excellent and you need to have read the previous volumes to understand the story. Please Jenny, put us out of my misery.

[Paula Nichols · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't take a couple of days to read this, more a couple of hours - I went back and re-read the first two parts to refresh my memory!

I love this series as I was a fan of Mallory Towers when I was a kid. Colgan has the perfect mix of adult and child elements, and the different age group stories are all well written and intertwine with each other as they should in a residential school. I know it is all very idealistic and life is probably much harsher there than in the book (I really want to teach there as the kids are well behaved, mostly) and rich kids have different ways of torturing you (and from my experience have a greater sense of entitlement), but I still enjoyed it.

IS it high fiction?NO and it never professes to be anything other than it is. Do I care? No, I love it just the way it is.Now if Ms Colgan can write the next in the series quicker than George RR Martin...

[Sarah T · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a really sweet series of books. Malory Towers for grown ups is a pretty accurate description and I loved picking out all the nods to that classic Enid Blyton series. I think that the main character’s hair colour might have changed between books 2 and 3 but I’ll forgive that since she is otherwise a well drawn character with a bit more emotional complexity to her than is often found in this type of book.

One small but heartfelt criticism, I do wish that the author would move away from her three preferred methods of demonstrating a character’s emotional reaction to any given situation which are:
1) blinking or
2) turning pink or
3) biting their lip
It’s reductive, and it’s selling the characters (and the readers) short.

[Bonni Lincoln · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ridiculously Disappointing, rushed and messy Rip Off

This was a total mess, a book in 3 parts...total rip off...
Messy
Rushed
And sooooooo confusing to work out which in the whole series comes next. So many different covers of the same Title, beyond confusing.
A promising start with the first book, which I enjoyed of all the Maggie Adair series...but if I had know it was going to cost so much, after getting hooked, I would never have wasted my money.
And unfinished....final book of series and ends on a cliffhanger.
Definitely the last Jenny Colgan I shall read, and I have purchased quite a few so far.
Maybe she is just writing too many books.

[Elizabeth Pringle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth the wait!

I feel as if I’ve been waiting forever to find out what happened to Maggie and David, it was worth the wait! There’s a big but here though is there going to be another book where we find out what happened? I’ve enjoyed all of these books, an older version of books I enjoyed when I was young. Keep up the writing Jenny!

[Eileen Stubbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve got well in to these books really enjoyed it was so sorry for Maggie and just hope it all turns out ok gif her in the next book which I will start today as I need to know what happens,also felicity Prosser who seems so confused with her life just hope she finds what she is looking for but another brilliant read by Jenny Colgan

[Kellie Stroud · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just finished the 3rd book in the series!! Loved it! I am so enjoying being in the world of the Downey House boarding school! This book provides some interesting developments between the teachers Maggie Adair and David, her colleague from the boys school. We also get to see some new adventures for Fliss and Simone, 2 of Maggie’s students!!

[Nikolina · Rating 1 out of 5]

These books are my getaway from the real world books and the ending to Lessons part 3 was a cliffhanger. As a reader you feel manipulated and it was sloppy writing to create a cliffhanger but not return to to.

[Kate Coppard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve really enjoyed this series and looking forward to the next book.
I agree with some of the other reviews; easy to think that the 3 books called Lessons 1, 2 and 3 are the final instalments as I was caught out and they are in fact the first 3 books again!

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jenny has done it again! I couldn’t put it down. I also loved the reference to Reuben and the the Little Bakery Series. So good… my only complaint is the cliff hanger. Although this means we get another book!!!

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Too short! It ended with a cliffhanger and I don’t like cliffhangers as I’d have to wait so long till the next book to find out what happens.

[Simon Hook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fabulous

Really enjoyed reading this series of books.Brilliant holiday reading for anyone who enjoyed the Mallory towers or Chalet school books as a girl.Escapism at it's best!!

[Char (lunarchar_) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this but has slight issue with the discussion of mental health. Hoping the next part isn’t too long away!

[Anna Falcucci · Rating 5 out of 5]

Left hanging!

Did Maggie and David get there happy ending?
What happened to Stan?
Did Dr Deveral find her long lost love?

So many questions...

[eleanor garvin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nooo!

Another brilliant effort from Jenny colgan. This has to be followed up don't leave us not knowing what has happened Maggie and David need a happy ever after

[Lucia Taylor · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointed

I bought this book and part 2 having read part one, part 2 & 3 are in part one. Total waste of money. Very disappointed 😞😞😞

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

WHY END ON A CLIFFHANGER WHYYYYYY.

I need to know the dates of the next book please!

Very comforting and easy to read books.

[Vicki W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jenny is a joy-bringer! Always such a treat.

[Janet Mallon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this series. Can’t wait to see what happens next.

[Ollie B. · Rating 1 out of 5]

The last in a series and it ends in a cliffhanger? Get in the bin.

[Rory · Rating 1 out of 5]

Worse than the first two.
A bit of a story but dull.
Totally cringeworthy sex scene......
Ending left open for another in the series, which I hope she does not write.

[Donna RB · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adorable

[Mishy Moto · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was really looking forward to the third book of the series. I was quite disappointed as it felt as if it was rushed.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoy reading this series, I’m looking forward for book 4 to come out.
To see what Maggie and David are doing.
Maggie’s sister Anne and Stan ( Maggie’s ex fiancé)
The students