A review by khorrocks
Lily of the Manor by Anita Stansfield

3.0

This book was incredibly slow. For such a short book, it took so long to get through. The strange part is, I actually really enjoyed the story - it had enough interest and moved along quickly. The characters themselves were actually well-written as well, even if Frederick did seem to have quite an underlying anger problem, and Lily was too generous to be realistic. The problem was the writing itself. The author erred on the side of being overly descriptive, which became repetitive, rather than using action to move the story along. Rather than feeling like I was experiencing the story through the writing, I felt like I was being told the story from someone else who heard it directly. For example, there were many cases where a conversation was described generally, rather than including dialogue - a much more boring style.

Spoiler

And was anyone surprised AT ALL that Mr. Sawyer was Frederick's father?