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Mrs England

Stacey Halls

3.85 AVERAGE

ree11's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

givemeabreak's review

2.0

For my taste, this was a very slow read. Nothing happened in much of the book. I felt like I was reading slow fan fiction on Jane Eyer.

verlesende's review

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sajida's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hannahbailey's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I feel a bit weird about this one. I flew through it partly because of its easy prose and rich historical setting, but I feel a bit put out by the final paragraph – it felt like a cheap attempt at ambiguity to make me question what's happened when the novel was simple and not requiring of it?

I've read The Familiars and The Foundling, both of which I enjoyed but felt like something was missing. This one was no different, so maybe me and Stacey Halls aren't a good match!

Content Warnings

bex_'s review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense

marthajmh's review

3.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

loverofagoodbook1975's review against another edition

4.0

A story to fall in love with the characters. Beautifully written with mystery, secrets and intrigue. It's not a jam packed rollercoaster ride of a story, rather than a gentle merry go round. I enjoyed the subtle storyline and the background. I learnt about Norland nannies and their history. Very reminiscent of an Austin or Du Maurier novel, set in Edwardian 1904, mostly in West Yorkshire. I loved it ❤️

katykat_reads's review

4.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

samisbookish's review

3.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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