Mrs. Quent (2 books in series)

The House on Durrow Street (2010)
language
English
author
3.77 of 5 Votes: 3
review 1: This sequel is better than the first book. However, it does take quite a long time to get started, and it was only about 500 pages in that it wasn't tedious. I think this book could have been better if it were shorter, and didn't jump around so much between times, it was sometime...
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent (2008)
language
English
author
3.56 of 5 Votes: 1
review 1: I liked this book a great deal. It is a slow read, but a fairly rewarding one. It really is like one of the blurbs say it is--Austen/Bronte + magic. But also there is intrigue, politics, mysterious origins, and a secret order of magicians. Don't read this looking for fast action ...