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I just ordered mine from the library!
I have my copy! I can start next week.
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I know what you mean, Bob. I tell myself all of that stuff I forget is in my head somewhere, just needing the right situation to come to the surface, but I tell myself a lot of things that may or may not be true! My copy is on the way--hoping to have it by early next week. Very excited!
Bob wrote: "Oh well, if I still had a whole brain, I might have planned a reread..."Bob, we're doing another book by her as a buddy read in April: My Brother Michael. Maybe you can join us for that one. :)
I have my copy, and I plan to start reading fairly early in the month. Looking forward to another Mary Stewart!
I have already started this book and read the first two chapters. This headway will not remain impressive for long .. 😒 .. because most members have a faster reading speed than me .. ☹ .. but , no worries.. the thread remains open and the comments and interactions continue 😄 !
Wobbley wrote: "Bob wrote: "Oh well, if I still had a whole brain, I might have planned a reread..."Bob, we're doing another book by her as a buddy read in April: My Brother Michael. Maybe you can ..."
Yes , Bob , perhaps you could join us for My Brother Michael , if you haven't got anything else planned at that time ?
Savita wrote: "I have already started this book and read the first two chapters. This headway will not remain impressive for long .. 😒 .. because most members have a faster reading speed than me .. ☹ .. but , no worries.. the thread remains open and the comments and interactions continue 😄 ! ..."So true, Savita! I'm terrible at group/buddy Reads because it either takes me forever to get to a book or I charge through it in a few days. But as long as folks are still reading, the conversations can go on. And that makes the fun continue.
Bob wrote: "They say that a mind is a terrible thing to waste. I don't know what has happened to mine. I guess it's leaking out of my ears. I have been hearing group members praise Mary Stewart for years. I fi..."My Brother Michael is one of her best, so I agree we''d love to have you join us.
As for the memory thing, the only reason I started GR back in the day was to have a convenient way of keeping track of what I read, and whether I liked it or not. If you read the back of a book often enough it can feel like you read it - at least for me. I used to be very confused. Now I'm a bit less. lol
This post will have spoilers through the end of chapter 3.So far, I like everything about this book.
The main character, Lucy, is terrific: a typical Mary Stewart spunky heroine, but somehow even more instantly likeable (for example, I didn't instantly like Briony in Touch Not the Cat nearly this much). I enjoy her bantering relationship with her sister (for example, she's started calling her sister's baby Caliban instead of Prospero -- Ha!).
The descriptions of the setting are evocative, as Stewart always is, though somehow not as lyrically beautiful as the descriptions of setting in Touch Not the Cat. I loved the scene when she met the dolphin (once she stopped thinking it was a shark).
We've already got the start of some intrigue (the death(?) of Spiro, and who is shooting at the dolphin), and a couple of possible options for a love interest (I currently predict it will be Max Gale).
I'm keen to keep going! :)
I’ve got my book from the library and I’m keen to get started within the next few days. Looking forward to reading everyone’s comments once I get going. And yes, Bob, I definitely notice that brain thing too! A product of trying to hold too many things in it at once.
Teri-K wrote: "Savita wrote: "I have already started this book and read the first two chapters. This headway will not remain impressive for long .. 😒 .. because most members have a faster reading speed than me ....."👍😊
Wobbley wrote: "This post will have spoilers through the end of chapter 3.So far, I like everything about this book.
The main character, Lucy, is terrific: a typical Mary Stewart spunky heroine, but somehow ev..."
I agree with everything Wobbley has mentioned in Msg 12 ( the first 3 chapters ) .
I am reading chapter 5 at present and will comment after I've read some more .
This post will have spoilers through the end of chapter 6.I'm still totally enjoying this book.
The intrigue has amped up, with the appearance of a dead body. Godfrey thinks it's unrelated to Spiro's death, but I'm not so sure. Lucy is suspicious of Max, and there is some suggestion that he's acting suspiciously for sure: the binoculars, the going back to the body to check something secretly, etc.
That said, I still think Max will be the love interest hero. He'll have some good reason for everything that currently appears to be suspicious.
I am starting to think Godfrey will be a villain instead. We only have Godfrey's word for what happened to Spiro; it might have happened quite differently. Maybe Godfrey is involved in the smuggling himself, and that somehow led to him killing Spiro (and maybe Yanni too).
I don't have a theory yet for who was trying to shoot the dolphin. If Godfrey is the villain and it was him, I don't yet any any idea why.
I can see some similarities in plot to The Moon-spinners, but that isn't hampering my enjoyment at all. What it is making me wonder is whether (spoilers for story arc of The Moon-spinners here) (view spoiler).
Those are my thoughts at present. This is still a lot of fun!
This post will have spoilers through the end of chapter 11.So, I'm quite into this book, and going through it pretty quickly (oops).
A lot of what I had predicted looks to be right. Max is the love interest (for now at least), and Godfrey is looking more like a villain. And, yay, Spiro is alive!
The scene with the beached dolphin. Lucy and Max seem to think that it beached itself accidentally, but I don't think so. It comes too soon after someone was shooting it. I think this was deliberate, and whoever did it tried to make it look like an accident. I still don't know why someone wants to kill the dolphin. Perhaps it's Godfrey, since he's the only villain so far, but why would he need the dolphin to die? Is it somehow the same reason he wanted Spiro dead? I don't have a theory for this.
One thing that made me happy in this section was that the author managed to write a romance that went as far as actually kissing without ruining it by giving it a strong cheesy romance vibe. I wasn't sure she was capable of that, considering which of her romances I enjoyed and which I didn't (in other books). Of course, the romance has started quite early in the book, and she still has to pull this off for another 150-odd pages, but so far so good.
I'm still very happy with this engaging read. :)
I jope yo koin layer this month.
This post will have spoilers through the end of chapter 17.I didn't mean to rip through this book so quickly, but I guess it's a pretty good sign. Things are moving swiftly towards the climax now, and Lucy has gotten herself into mortal peril, stuck hiding on a boat in the ocean with the bad guy.
They've offered some possible explanations for Godfrey's actions. They think he tried to get rid of the dolphin because it was attracting too many people to the area, and he needed to keep people away from whatever his secret is. They think Godfrey tried to kill Spiro because of something he could have seen in the boathouse. My only theory there is that it has to do with the wallet Spiro found. Maybe Godfrey is there under an assumed name, and his ID in the wallet would have given that away??
Anyway, I'm fairly certain this is the kind of book where the good guys prevail pretty thoroughly, so I'm sure Lucy will get out of her mortal peril, be reunited with Max, and Godfrey will probably be arrested for whatever he's doing. I still don't have a theory about what he was hiding in the cave. But not a long wait to find out I guess!
Wobbley wrote: "This post will have spoilers through the end of chapter 17.I didn't mean to rip through this book so quickly, but I guess it's a pretty good sign. Things are moving swiftly towards the climax now..."
I love how you are loving this book. :) I won't start until I clear a couple of others off my plate, because I do think her books are best devoured, not sipped.
Teri-K wrote: "I love how you are loving this book. :) I won't start until I clear a couple of others off my plate, because I do think her books are best devoured, not sipped."Thanks Teri-K! Honestly, I wasn't expecting to enjoy it quite this much, because of the score you gave it relative to the other Mary Stewarts we've read. I find I've generally been agreeing with you perfectly, so this has been a really pleasant surprise. Of course, she still has to pull off the ending, which is generally the hardest part of a book to get right (for me at least). But I'm hopeful. :)
Wobbley wrote: "TThanks Teri-K! Honestly, I wasn't expecting to enjoy it quite this much, because of the score you gave it relative to the other Mary Stewarts we've read. I find I've generally been agreeing with you perfectly, so this has been a really pleasant surprise. Of course, she still has to pull off the ending, which is generally the hardest part of a book to get right (for me at least). But I'm hopeful. :)."3 stars is a solid score from me, but maybe I'll like it even more this time - who knows?
Teri-K wrote: "3 stars is a solid score from me, but maybe I'll like it even more this time - who knows?"Yes I know, 3 stars is a book you liked. I just meant relative to the other Mary Stewarts we've been reading, some of which you gave 4 or 5 stars. It's also possible this book will be downgraded from me a bit by the end, depending on how the ending is pulled off. I'm curious to see how you'll enjoy this one this time around. Sometimes reading in a group is more fun too, since other people's enthusiasm is infectious. :)
I finished the book this evening, and this post will have spoilers through the end of the book.For the most part, I enjoyed the ending as much as the rest of the book. One thing that did rub me the wrong way was the very end, where all the protagonists casually agreed that vengeance-murdering the villain was perfectly fine. But that's basically just one page in the entire book.
I was right that the wallet is what got Spiro into trouble with Godfrey, but I was wrong about it being because he was using an assumed name. I did wonder whether the money in the wallet would come into it (Spiro had mentioned it wasn't Greek currency), but I thought it would only suggest he wasn't English (by being some other foreign currency); counterfeit money didn't occur to me.
The author didn't ruin the romance, which is great (though I was a bit surprised they jumped to marriage so quickly in their relationship -- a different time, I suppose). And I have to say, this is a hilarious line:
I supposed there were circumstances in which it was correct, even praiseworthy, for a girl to bash a man's head in with a lamp while he was kissing her...
On the whole, I found this to be a really fun, entertaining read that kept me coming back. With the exception of rereads (which really aren't a fair comparison), this is my favourite book of the year so far! I'm really glad we decided to do this set of Mary Stewart buddy reads. I'm looking forward to everyone else's reactions over the course of the month. :)
Wobbley, wow , you've finished the book !! That's very fast 😳 ! Actually, I am finding this story a bit heavier reading than the previous two novels that we buddy read .... the Greek names and legends , and the theatre plays ' discussions. So I am guilty of skipping those parts and am hoping I have not missed something important 🙃. I am reading chapter 11 . Teri is yet to start the novel , and none of the other members have commented as yet .
Wobbley wrote: "This post will have spoilers through the end of chapter 11.So, I'm quite into this book, and going through it pretty quickly (oops).
A lot of what I had predicted looks to be right. Max is the l..."
Hmm .. interesting point about the dolphin 🤔 ! I think you do have a point there , though why is quite unanswerable at this point. It never struck me !
Savita wrote: "Actually, I am finding this story a bit heavier reading than the previous two novels that we buddy read .... the Greek names and legends , and the theatre plays ' discussions. So I am guilty of skipping those parts and am hoping I have not missed something important"Savita, I think you're okay to skip those parts if you want to. For me, it's been a long time since I read Shakespeare's The Tempest, which is the play they keep referencing. So, I went to Youtube and watched a 7 minute summary of the play. That helped me a lot with getting the references in the book, so you might want to try that.
Wobbley wrote: "Savita wrote: "Actually, I am finding this story a bit heavier reading than the previous two novels that we buddy read .... the Greek names and legends , and the theatre plays ' discussions. So I a..."Wobbley, thanks so much for the suggestion ( Msg 29 ) . I watched the 7 minute video and then , immediately after that , a 12 minute summary of the play , and found them both very helpful ! So , that's where the names have been taken from : Miranda , Caliban , and the reference to Prospero . The message at the end ( 12 minute summary) : To err is human , to forgive.. divine !
The other reading members here may , also, even if they are familiar with the play , like to refresh their memories. It would make the ( novel ) story more interesting and meaningful.
I'm so glad it helped! It helped me a lot too, and you're right, it makes the novel more meaningful and easier to follow.
I'm just in the middle of Chapter 3! But I'm liking the feeling of the book so far and am interested in who is shooting at the dolphin -- and also sad for the death of Spiro :'(I'll try to catch up and will read the comments as I get to the chapters of each "spoiler" alert -- thanks for those notices, Wobbley! That really helps :)
Glad it helps, Terris. Enjoy! This book is a lot of fun. :)
Finally put a good dent in this book today and this post contains spoilers up to the end of chapter 6. i’ll read everyone’s posts up to that point after writing my own. I’m really enjoying this novel so far, with thanks to Wobbley for suggesting we watch a short summary of the Tempest, which I’ve somehow never read or seen before. Here’s the link to a cute 7-minute one on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qoSStmQuisM?si=eLdIP...
This is my first Stewart, and so far I’m not disappointed. Very likable characters (especially Julian and Lucy and Adoni) with good dialogue and really enjoyable descriptive writing. Also some funny little bits and very easy to read storytelling.
We’re just ramping up the mystery of the thing on several fronts (who is Yanni in relation to the other characters and why was he walking toward the castle the night before his death, who killed him and why, who was shooting at the dolphin and why, and how is that connected to the other mysteries, how did Spiro actually die… And more importantly is Spiro actually dead, what’s going on with Julian, and is he actually Spiro and Miranda‘s dad, what’s the tension between Max and Godfrey about, what was Max looking for on the body? etc). I don’t have any good theories yet about any of this stuff, except that the one person who Lucy seems suspicious of (Max) will definitely not turn out to be a bad guy. I also expect a slow romance to blossom between these two. Their very first meeting just felt a little too Elizabeth-and-Mr.-Darcy to not end in a good romance. Some good side characters that I look forward to getting to know more. So far Julian is probably my favorite, and I really love the scene with him and Lucy getting to know each other. I hope he doesn’t turn out to be a bad guy! But how could he — he loves his hilariously named cat too much!
Some aspects of the writing itself that I have enjoyed so far: it’s funny. Like on the very first page when Lucy and Phyllida are talking about Corfu being the island from the Tempest and Lucy answers “whatever you may be used to, I draw the line at Shakespeare for breakfast.“ ha. or when the bands at the procession “played solemnly and rather badly…“
The quietly witty feminism scattered throughout. Like here:
“Is he like you?“or
She looks surprised. “Like me? Why, no, he is a man, and have I not just told you that he is clever? Me, I am not clever, but then I am a woman, and there is no need. With men it is different. Yes?“
“So the men say.” I laughed.
Suppressing a sharp – and surely primitive – envy for a woman who could have her problems simply taken out of her hands and solved for her, willy-nilly, I put down my own independent and emancipated foot and sent the little Fiat bucketing over the ruts of the drive and down the turning point to the Villa ForliThe thoughtful social insights:
(regarding the possession of Saint Spiridion) I am not sure what I had expected – a spectacle at once quaint and interesting, because “foreign“ – something to take photographs of, and then forget, till you got them out to look at, some evening at home. In fact, I found it very moving.or
“You knew him well, didn’t you?”Really great descriptions of both places and people. Here’s one of Julian:
“He was my friend.” His face shut, as if everything had been said. As, I suppose, it had.
It was difficult to tell just where his undeniable attractiveness lay; it would, indeed, be hard to give any definitive description of him: his face was too familiar for that, melting as one watched him into one character after another that he had made his own, as if the man existed only as one saw him on the stage – king, madman, insurance salesman, soldier, fop… As if in leaving that lighted frame, he ceased to exist. It was a disquieting idea when one remembered that he had, in fact, left his frame. If he could not be himself now, he was nothing.
Wobbley wrote: "This post will have spoilers through the end of chapter 6.I am starting to think Godfrey will be a villain instead. We only have Godfrey's word for what happened to Spiro; it might have happened quite differently..."
I’m enjoying reading your comments. I totally agree about Max. He’ll be the love interest and everything that seems suspicious will be explained in totally reasonable ways. It never even occurred to me to imagine that Godfrey might be the villain. I really took his character and his story and his reactions at face value (and I quite like him as a character right now). Apparently I don’t read enough mysteries! Looking forward to seeing the story progress… and to reading your comments as I get farther in.
Svenna wrote: "Finally put a good dent in this book today and this post contains spoilers up to the end of chapter 6. i’ll read everyone’s posts up to that point after writing my own."Svenna, I enjoyed reading your response to the first 6 chapters. I'm so glad that you are enjoying it so much! I too loved the line about how Spiro was his friend, and that nothing more needed to be said.
And this is just an amazing and hilarious thing for you to say:
"I hope he doesn’t turn out to be a bad guy! But how could he — he loves his hilariously named cat too much!"
Ha!
I have finished the book and enjoyed it : M.Stewart 's humor , romance and mystery . I will comment shortly on one or two points , but first a look at the spoiler comments.
Wobbley wrote: "I finished the book this evening, and this post will have spoilers through the end of the book.For the most part, I enjoyed the ending as much as the rest of the book. One thing that did rub me t..."
Spoilers till the end of the book
Wobbley, what did you think of the scene at end of chap 19 , where the dolphin saves Lucy by pushing her to the shore . In her dazed condition, she thinks it's Max at first .
I have a memory of looking back for my rescuer and of seeing him rear up in the waves , as if to see me safe home , his body gleaming black through the phosphorescene .... The starlight caught in the cusp of the dorsal fin , glittered there briefly , then he was gone , with a triumphant slap of the tail ......
I thought this was an extremely beautiful touch by the author . At least that's how I interpreted the scene .
Then , at the end of Chapter 20 , when Lucy asks the young man from the village, who comes to leave her on the motorcycle, his name , he grins and tells her Spiridion , God be with you . That was a quick answer ! They had so much reverence for their St.Spiridon . I liked the boy's answer .
Wasn't it accidental gas leak and blast that killed Godfrey ? The island Saint wasn't with this wretched man . Also , I loved Lucy's, and then Sir Julian 's lovely acting at the end . They almost pulled it through for the group themselves ! Anyway , Divine retribution caught up with Mr Godfrey !
I've started this, and just finished Chapter 1. It's interesting seeing this story through others'eyes, and realizing how important it is, even this early on, to be at least a little familiar with The Tempest. It was my mother's favorite play, and I'm a big Shakespeare fan, so I've seen it live and on film and read it many times. I also grew up hearing Mom recite some of the lines, so I've always been comfortable with the references in this book. Reading it now I can see how much you miss if you're not.
The epilogue to the play and final paragraph of Chapter 1, where Prospero gives up his magic to return to normal human life, is famous and there are a number of YouTube videos to watch. I especially like this one, by Helen Mirren. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKrX3...
I'll confess I don't remember this book well. As I read and then watched the This Rough Magic speech, I imagined a famous, older actor, reciting it for the last time. Someone like Ian McKellen, perhaps, having played the part repeatedly over their life, now saying those lines for their final time. Great actors have a kind of magic over the audience, and he's saying he's walking away from it. I can see why the thought moved Lucy, and it moved me, too.
As a mystery reader I'm quite sure the mentions of Albania being so close will be important later. (If you've read The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax then you have an idea of Albania's geography and political history. Plus it's a very fun book.)
I'll be reading on, but I wanted to go ahead and comment here.
Svenna wrote: "Finally put a good dent in this book today and this post contains spoilers up to the end of chapter 6. i’ll read everyone’s posts up to that point after writing my own. I’m really enjoying this ..."
Enjoyed reading through your comments, especially Sir Julian and the cat 😊 ! Looking forward to further comments, Svenna !
Teri-K wrote: "I've started this, and just finished Chapter 1. It's interesting seeing this story through others'eyes, and realizing how important it is, even this early on, to be at least a little familiar wit..."
Thanks for sharing , Teri !
Teri-K wrote: "Great actors have a kind of magic over the audience, and he's saying he's walking away from it. I can see why the thought moved Lucy, and it moved me, too."This is so well put, Teri-K!
Savita wrote: "Wasn't it accidental gas leak and blast that killed Godfrey ?"This post has spoilers through the end of the book.
Savita, I didn't read it as an accident. I thought Adoni had turned on the gas leak on purpose, and Lucy was saying she smelled gas earlier just to cover it up. But maybe I've totally misunderstood that scene! I think we can solve the riddle. The question we need to answer is: Did the book mention Lucy smelling gas while she was actually on the boat? If yes, then you're probably right that it was an accident. I'll take a look through those scenes later on, and maybe you can too, and we'll see what we find. I hope you end up being right about this!
The scene where the dolphin rescued her was nice, sort of a parallel to the earlier scene where she rescued the dolphin. I don't know how realistic it was though. For me it pushed the book a little bit into fantasy or magical realism.
Well done finishing the book so quickly Savita! You've mentioned before that you read slowly, but this time you were quite fast. :)
Wobbley, I'll reread that part tomorrow and get back to you . Thanks for the hint . No need to get impressed by my speed , Wobbley 😊 ! Better I reveal that I did skip very lengthy descriptions. But please don't get too unimpressed ... Teri did mention that it's all right to gobble , rather than sip a M.Stewart 😉😊
I will read the houseboat part carefully tomorrow, and let you know . In all probability I will be proved wrong for the above-mentioned reason.
This post has spoilers through the end of the books.Savita, I've skimmed the part with Lucy in the boat, and I've carefully read again the section where the boat explodes. I still think it wasn't an accident.
When she is on the boat, there is one part that mentions the smell of gas. It's when she opens the hold and finds the packages with the forged money, it mentions "a faint smell of gas." But she says this later to the police, and she presents it (the fact that the smell is so faint) as evidence that there wasn't a problem at the time. She says that he didn't use the kitchen on the way out, and so he must have used it on the way back. She says that the gas builds up under the boards, and if there had been a problem on the way out he would have noticed it when he opened the hatch to get the package of money for his drop-off.
Here's what happens around the explosion of the boat:
- Adoni lets Godfrey escape to the boat even though he had the opportunity to stop him
- Miranda calls him a coward, but he remains calm, stops Max from following Godfrey, and tells them to "wait and see" (suggesting he has advanced knowledge of the explosion)
- they hear Godfrey start up the boat, and then it explodes
- the police ask what happened
- Lucy says she smelled gas faintly when she was on board, and suggests as an explanation that Godfrey must have used the galley on the way back and left the gas on
- the heroes wait tensely to see whether the police will accept this explanation, which they do
- Once the police leave, Miranda turns to Adoni and says "It was you"
- Adoni responds "You wanted to eat his heart, little sister. I have cooked it for you."
To me it sounds like Adoni is admitting to Miranda that he is responsible for Godfrey's death, and the implication is that he turned on the gas knowing that it would lead to an explosion if Godfrey escaped and turned on the engine. Max and Lucy understood this right away, and it was to cover for Adoni that Lucy suggested that Godfrey had left the gas on; they have accepted this as a form of local justice because Godfrey tried to killed Spiro.
So I can't agree that it was divine retribution that stopped Godfrey. I still think it was a vengeance murder by Adoni, and that the others went along with it. I'll be curious to hear what you think once you've read this section again, and to hear what others think once they finish the book.
Wobbley wrote: "This post has spoilers through the end of the books.Savita, I've skimmed the part with Lucy in the boat, and I've carefully read again the section where the boat explodes. I still think it wasn't..."
Spoilers till the end of the book : Wobbley, thank you for your clear explanatory Msg 45 . I reread the houseboat part and, also , the part where the boat explodes . There's no doubt .... you are definitely right and I am not . But , if Adoni hadn't acted quickly, a very evil , ruthless man , proven now , would have escaped. God knows how many more lives he would have taken 🤔 .
Handing Adoni to the police is unacceptable to me . Godfrey didn't earn this consideration. Wobbley, I am just glad Godfrey died , if not by gun fire , then by boat fire , if not by Divine retribution, then by human retribution. He deserved a violent death . Scary man !
Wobbley, I appreciate your Msg 45 very much , thank you ! Do you disagree with my subsequent thoughts ?
Savita wrote: Do you disagree with my subsequent thoughts ?This post has spoilers through the end of the book.
Savita, whether or not we agree with what the characters did is a very personal opinion. Personally, I do not believe that anybody deserves a violent death. I would prefer not to make this about personal beliefs, so let's try to consider this within the context of the story.
Godfrey had made it clear that the Greeks would shoot him for smuggling the counterfeit money, so had he been caught by the police he would likely have died in the end. Adoni killing him therefore doesn't really change the outcome for Godfrey (except in the details). But Adoni made a choice: he could have let Godfrey go to his death on the boat, or he had the opportunity to stop him as he was trying to get to the boat, which would have allowed the police to catch him. Adoni chose personal vengeance over legal justice. It's clear that Adoni's murder of Godfrey was illegal, but based on Miranda's reaction and Julian's mention of the darker side of the island, it's possible that it was culturally acceptable for them regardless of the opinions of the reader.
As far as what the others did (covering for Adoni and not turning him in to the police), I think that is a bit more morally and legally ambiguous. Max simply said nothing. Lucy offered a plausible explanation that didn't involve Adoni. Neither of them had real evidence at the time that Adoni was responsible; they only suspected. They didn't lie, they just turned a blind eye.
In any case, other than this one detail, I very much enjoyed the book.
Wobbley wrote: "This post will have spoilers through the end of chapter 6.I'm still totally enjoying this book.
The intrigue has amped up, with the appearance of a dead body. Godfrey thinks it's unrelated to Sp..."
Wobbley, I just finished Ch 6 and agree with everything you said! I do like Lucy a lot, her spunkiness, and I like the setting.
I think Max Gale will be the love interest, and I haven't figured out Godfrey yet, but he is acting guilty about something...
I also agree with your "spoiler" comment. I was wondering about that, too!
Can't wait to keep reading!!
I just downloaded the book and will start soon.
Terris wrote: "Can't wait to keep reading!!"Yay, I'm so glad to hear how much you're enjoying it. Yes, Lucy is very likeable!
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