Books by Maryrose Wood
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review 1: This is a review of the first 4 books of this series, taken as a whole. They each felt like a very short, incomplete book on their own - like sections of a larger novel. Although Wood still did a great job of wrapping up current action and mysteries in each book, while leading yo...
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review 1: Very good book SWBST - 15 year old Penelope Lumley is a Graduate from Swanburne Academy and is a governess for three wolfish children known as the incorrigibles. Penelope is trying to uncover Judge Quinzi’s disguise and prove to everyone that he is actually Lord Fredrick’s (Fredr...
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review 1: Meine MeinungIch muss zugeben, dass die wunderschöne Gestaltung des Covers einen großen Teil dazu beigetragen hat, weswegen ich dieses Buch lesen wollte. Doch auch die Thematik rund um Giftpflanzen und einen alten Apotheker der mit seiner Tochter in einem heru...
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review 1: This book was lovely, would make a nice readaloud book for any kids with a love of slightly offkilter language and interesting characters. For me, I'm not sure it will be a better series than A Series of Unfortunate Events (which it it is like, but gentler in its humor...) but it...
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review 1: SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't read the first book in the series, stop reading this review. It might contain some slight spoilers.Maryrose Wood had done it again! How I Found The Perfect Dress was a wonderful blend of comedy, romance, frienship, and mythological creatures. Once ag...
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review 1: 3.5 starsWhat a delight it was to hear about Penelope and the three Incorrigible children again. I very much enjoyed the first audiobook in the series and I could not wait to continue listening to their adventures in this one. This second book was not perfect but it too was a won...
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review 1: The author continues to do an amazing job resolving compelling conflicts in each book, yet leaving the "big" questions unanswered. Why were the children raised by wolves? What role does Judge Quinzy play in all of this, and what is he hiding? What are the paintings in the attic a...
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review 1: I didn't liked this book. Before I even started reading, I was hesitating because the "explaining" (the few words on the back) of the story didn't intrigued me (I think the author tried to achieve that but it didn't really worked for me). There were no other good books in the lib...