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A review by krisrid
The Locksmith's Daughter by Karen Brooks
5.0
I loved, loved, LOVED this book!!! It has everything any reader could possibly want from a story. This is an un-putdownable read, and I highly recommend it!!
First off, I should note that 500+ page books are intimidating to me. I'm always afraid it will take me so long to finish them that I will lose interest. That did NOT happen with this book. The writing is so engaging, and the story so engrossing, and the pacing so perfect, that this book seemed to fly by!
Mallory is a superb main character! I love books with strong female characters as protagonists, and Mallory is one of the best characters I've met in quite some time! She is not perfect, she makes bad choices and mistakes and she ends up in very difficult situations more than once throughout this story. But she is strong and determined, resourceful and plucky, and I loved every minute I spent with her reading her story!
The supporting characters - good and bad - are also tremendously engaging. You can't wait to see who's going to do what to whom next, and the ebbs and flows of the story were just perfect. There were unexpected twists in the plot more than once, and the story continued to flow with those in a way that made every moment I spent reading this book - and two weeks is a long time for me to finish a book - an absolute delight!
If you like strong female characters, Elizabethan-era historical fiction [though Elizabeth herself is not the focus; she's mentioned and appears peripherally in one scene, but this is The Locksmith's Daughter's story 100%], plenty of action, drama and suspense, great characters and a few surprises, I HIGHLY recommend this book!!!
First off, I should note that 500+ page books are intimidating to me. I'm always afraid it will take me so long to finish them that I will lose interest. That did NOT happen with this book. The writing is so engaging, and the story so engrossing, and the pacing so perfect, that this book seemed to fly by!
Mallory is a superb main character! I love books with strong female characters as protagonists, and Mallory is one of the best characters I've met in quite some time! She is not perfect, she makes bad choices and mistakes and she ends up in very difficult situations more than once throughout this story. But she is strong and determined, resourceful and plucky, and I loved every minute I spent with her reading her story!
The supporting characters - good and bad - are also tremendously engaging. You can't wait to see who's going to do what to whom next, and the ebbs and flows of the story were just perfect. There were unexpected twists in the plot more than once, and the story continued to flow with those in a way that made every moment I spent reading this book - and two weeks is a long time for me to finish a book - an absolute delight!
If you like strong female characters, Elizabethan-era historical fiction [though Elizabeth herself is not the focus; she's mentioned and appears peripherally in one scene, but this is The Locksmith's Daughter's story 100%], plenty of action, drama and suspense, great characters and a few surprises, I HIGHLY recommend this book!!!