christhereader8 's review for:

A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier

5.0

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This is a totally sweet concoction that blends together mystery, intrigue, danger, and romance through the lens of a young gap-year chambermaid living and working in the eponymous Castle in the Clouds, a luxury hotel in the Alps. It reads as a natural successor to the works of Mary Stewart, whose romantic suspense works in the 1950s were pitch-perfect blends of spirited heroines battling fiendish plots and falling in love too. I'd happily read more from Gier and really enjoyed reading this cosy, warming adventure as a post-festive winter treat.