A review by kizzia
Sleeper's Castle by Barbara Erskine

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

You always know what you're getting with a Barbara Erskine novel: love, intrigue, timelines woven together skilfully using supernatural elements and whole heap of well written historical fiction. This is no exception.

Set in a part of the world that I love deeply and am very familiar with, this was always going to be a book of Barbara's that I particularly enjoyed and I really didn't want it to end. Even the slightly maniacal one dimensional villain couldn't flatten my enthusiasm for it.