Book review: The Ivy Tree
Jan. 22nd, 2019 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lathanyOne of the books I got for Xmas was The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart. I've read other books by her - specifically the first two of the Merlin trilogy (for some reason, I've either not read the third or not recorded that I did). I enjoyed those, so was interested to read this.
It's part of what Wikipedia refers to as "romantic suspense" and it turns out I liked it a lot (I'd describe it as a bit like a murder mystery, but without the actual murder). I guessed the central twist after a while, but found the way it unfolded equally interesting. I thought it was well-paced and that the plot was coherent. I enjoyed all the characters as well - Connor, Julie and Donald in particular.
I'll look out for more of her books (particularly if I don't have that Merlin book - actually, I think I borrowed the first two fromventa, so I might get the trilogy for myself).
It's part of what Wikipedia refers to as "romantic suspense" and it turns out I liked it a lot (I'd describe it as a bit like a murder mystery, but without the actual murder). I guessed the central twist after a while, but found the way it unfolded equally interesting. I thought it was well-paced and that the plot was coherent. I enjoyed all the characters as well - Connor, Julie and Donald in particular.
I'll look out for more of her books (particularly if I don't have that Merlin book - actually, I think I borrowed the first two from
venta, so I might get the trilogy for myself).
