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A review by alfykins
Wormwood Mire by Judith Rossell
4.0
These are such lovely books. Such care has gone into designing cover, illustrations, even the font and ink colour so that the physical object of the book enhances the enjoyment of reading the story.
This time Stella has been sent away by her dreadful aunts to stay at Wormwood Mire, the run down home of the Montgomery family. There are mysterious cousins, a creepy house, strange beasts and taciturn housekeepers to contend with. And Stella is also dealing with memories that begin to resurface, memories of the last time she was in that house, ten years ago, when something dreadful happened to Stella, her mother and her long vanished twin sister.
The plot hums along, the characters are charming and the level of spookiness is pitched just right for a middle grade audience. And the writing is superb -Judith Roswell really knows how to craft a sentence as well as how to tell a good story.
I would have liked a little more development in one or two points, one of the villains is a little under cooked, but overall this was great.
I can't wait to read the third and final installment.
This time Stella has been sent away by her dreadful aunts to stay at Wormwood Mire, the run down home of the Montgomery family. There are mysterious cousins, a creepy house, strange beasts and taciturn housekeepers to contend with. And Stella is also dealing with memories that begin to resurface, memories of the last time she was in that house, ten years ago, when something dreadful happened to Stella, her mother and her long vanished twin sister.
The plot hums along, the characters are charming and the level of spookiness is pitched just right for a middle grade audience. And the writing is superb -Judith Roswell really knows how to craft a sentence as well as how to tell a good story.
I would have liked a little more development in one or two points, one of the villains is a little under cooked, but overall this was great.
I can't wait to read the third and final installment.