A review by book_chat_girl
Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

4.0

Atmospheric, almost like a fable or fairy tale in its sense of privacy and intimacy and separation from the world. I was drawn to the characters and to the place, I never trusted Cara - an unreliable friend whose stories were not to be believed. The overgrown lushness of the estate, the coming of age of middle-aged Fran, the temptations she saw in Peter and salvation she refused from Victor. And then about two-thirds of the way in, something was revealed that shifted what I had believed, and i appreciated the story even more.