A review by jenmcmaynes
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope

4.0

Trollope excels at flawed characters. Crosbie -unfaithful, self-serving, and dishonest with himself- was by far the most interesting character in the book (and in the Barsetshire series to date). Lily Dale, jilted but faithful, was a little too sweet and cloying, though she was the heroine. And John Eames was a nice counterpoint to Crosbie, of course, but a little dull. So, a strange book in that I liked reading about the 'villain' more than the heroes!

Unlike the 1st 4 books the series, there aren't a ton of cameos by the members of the county that we have previously met. Which I am glad of, because I'm having a hard time remembering names, titles, etc for all of them! The de Corcy's are most often mentioned; their star has started to fall by this point.

A solid entry to this series that I enjoyed very much.