“Secrets of Hartwood Hall” by Katie Lumsden – Book Review

I at all times need to strive new authors, and this primary novel was a stopper! Anybody who preferred Stacey Halls’ “Mrs. England” will in all probability love this one.

Hartwood Corridor is an remoted and considerably dilapidated mansion in Somersetshire, England. The 12 months is 1852 and Margaret Lennox is just just lately widowed by her husband of three years, the Reverend Richard Lennox. We be part of the story when Margaret involves Hartwood to tackle the job of governess to ten-year-old Louis Eversham. Louis is a vibrant boy however he’s very lonely. His mom, additionally a widow, could be very protecting of him and he has no associates his personal age.

“…too many locks and too many secrets and techniques”.

Margaret matches in effectively in the home. She loves her younger load. Nonetheless… considered one of Hartwood’s maids finds out considered one of Margaret’s secrets and techniques and spitefully blames her for it by means of blackmail! Margaret has many secrets and techniques, as does her employer, Mrs. Eversham. As its title suggests, Hartwood Corridor itself can also be riddled with secrets and techniques. The east wing is closed to all. The superstitious inhabitants of the closest village consider the corridor to be haunted and a spot of evil. When the illness arrives at Hartwood Corridor, all of its residents are examined.

This primary novel was a tribute to the traditional novel “Jane Eyre”, though written with a feminist orientation. I used to be completely captivated studying it and would advocate it to all followers of historic fiction. I am unable to wait to see the sequel from this younger writer.

This evaluation was voluntarily written and my ranking was under no circumstances influenced by the truth that I obtained a free digital copy of this novel from Dutton (Random Penguin Home) through NetGalley.

ISBN: 9780593186923 – ASIN: ‎ ‎ B0B44T96XR – 352pages

Katie Lumsden learn Jane Eyre on the age of 13 and has by no means regarded again. She spent her teenage years devouring nineteenth century literature, studying each novel by Dickens, Brontë, Austen and Hardy she may discover. She holds a level in English Literature and Historical past from Durham College and an MA in Artistic Writing from the College of Bathtub Spa. His brief tales have been shortlisted for the London Brief Story Prize and the Bridport Prize. Katie’s YouTube channel, Books and Issues, has 25,000 subscribers.

She lives in London, England and works as a copywriter. The Secrets and techniques of Hartwood Corridor is his first novel.

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