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Dandelions In The Garden (2009)

by Charlie Courtland(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1449977804 (ISBN13: 9781449977801)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Amazon

series

Countess Elizabeth Bathory

review 1: I've long had an interest in Elizabeth Bathory and so this book seemed a good pick for me. On the whole the book held my attention and I enjoyed the story and characters, particularly Amara's relationship with Lorant. However, the book really needs major editing work. There are issues with typos, jumps between tenses etc. and if a skilled editor had been let loose to clean those things up, I'd have been giving this book four stars instead of three. I understand editing work has been done on it in 2011, so perhaps the copy I received from Book Depository for Christmas was still an older edition....That said, I probably will still try to read book two in the future as I'd like to see the story through to the end.In conclusion, Dandelions in the Garden is an interesting read ... morethat is only let down by the lack of editing prior to publication: a worthwhile read for fans of historical fiction.
review 2: Wonderful story. I read a lot of historical fictions and this is one of the best. I didn't know anything about the "Blood Countess" before starting this book. I feel I have a good understanding of her now and this book motivated me to do a little research into her story.It's interesting to read the story through the eyes of Elizabeth's best friend, Amara, who is aware of Elizabeth's actions, but I don't think fully grasp what Elizabeth was doing until later. And even then reasoned that those actions weren't necessarily ok, but understandable in those situations.Definately a page turner, and I couldn't get enough. Thank goodness I have the sequal and I look forward to reading the rest of the story. less

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