A review by linneahedvig
A Tangled Web by L.M. Montgomery

4.0

An utterly charming story about a PEI clan fighting over a family heirloom and realizing that the real heirloom is the friends they made along the way. I would have given it five stars because the whole thing was so exactly what I wanted from my last unread L. M. Montgomery novel, except it ends with some REALLY SHOCKING RACISM. If you've read the Montgomery story collection [b:Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea|678703|Along the Shore Tales by the Sea|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1215011720l/678703._SY75_.jpg|1437556] then you've read one of the plotlines of this book and that's the one with the racist ending (it's in the last story in that collection, "A House Divided"). I read that a long time ago and I remembered the whole thing except a character's use of the n-word in a way that is super derogatory. So I guess this means I've made some progress in my own life. Anyway, I still think A Tangled Web is worth reading if you need a Montgomery fix. It really has the most satisfying resolutions to all the main storylines. But yeah, trigger warning for people being extremely racist only in the last paragraph of the book.