A review by lizdesole
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

3.0

I wasn't sure how to rate this book. I did enjoy it but found its flaws detracted considerably from my overall feeling about the book. I enjoyed the interweaving of fairy tales and other fiction into the story. I'm particularly happy that the author gave a nod to "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett since this book owes it a huge debt. I was interested in the story and characters but the "mysteries" at the heart were so obvious and then drawn out for entirely too long. In fact, my main criticism of the book is that is is so drawn out. I also had issue with what seemed to be the main message: namely that the most important part of you is inherited by blood. She backtracks a little in a weak way towards the end but I found it frustrating that bloodlines were so important to everyone in the story