4.07 AVERAGE


The Forgotten Garden is a compelling story about several generations of an aristocratic family. The story encompasses a secret garden, a maze, ghosts, fairy tales, family secrets, and a mystery. This historic novel is a page turner and will make you think about your own family's history. Excellent read for any fan of historical-chick-lit-mysteries.

The pace and storyline was excellent. Many interweaving stories which was great. Will read again.


This book affected me more than it normally would have. Maybe I was in the right frame of mind to read it. Or, it was something else. Either way, I now count it amongst books that made me cry — in a good way!

Easy read, enjoyable, but some plot and character development is a little hard to believe.

It was a pretty good story, but for some reason I was disappointed by the ending. It wasn't as scandalous as I thought it could be.
challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes