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Ashton Hall by Lauren Belfer
2.0
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It lost the plot.  So it starts out strong, I was enjoying the characters and the plot was interesting.  The mystery is mild which was fine.  Right up until it seemed like the mystery took a major step back and became background noise.  This book was listed as historical fiction and mystery/thriller.  It's not any of that.  It is a contemporary novel set in England at Ashton Hall.  So the locale has history but it's not set in history.  

All that being said, for a contemporary novel, it was okay.  However, it was a bit scattered, too much happening at once and not well formulated.  Since it wasn't actually a mystery, I'm not really sure what the plot was.  There's family drama, that was a pretty big focus so maybe that's what we were supposed to focus on.