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The Last Heir to Blackwood Library (2023. Auflage)

von Hester Fox (Autor)

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"With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or of the ancient bloodline from which she's descended. With nothing to keep her in London since losing her brother in the Great War, she warily makes her way to her new home. The abbey is foreboding, the servants reserved and suspicious. But there is a treasure waiting behind locked doors: a magnificent library. Despite cryptic warnings from the staff, Ivy feels irresistibly drawn to its dusty shelves, where familiar works mingle with strange, esoteric texts. And she senses something else in the library too, a presence that seems to have a will of its own. Rumors swirl in the village about the abbey's previous owners, about ghosts and curses, and an enigmatic manuscript at the center of it all. And as events grow more sinister, it will be up to Ivy to uncover the library's mysteries in order to reclaim her own story--before it vanishes forever"--… (mehr)
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Titel:The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
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Info:Graydon House (2023), 345 pages
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The Last Heir to Blackwood Library von Hester Fox

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The beginning seems promising, places it into a genre. Unfortunately, it doesn't really deliver on the genre. It's a messy mish mash of different parts, with characters drifting in and out on a whim. Many sudden changes not foreshadowed. Melodramatic ending. Fundamentally, it really just needs to tighten its belt and cut the chaff. ( )
  iewi | Jan 28, 2024 |
A predictable romance type of novel with cliche expressions. The fact that books and a library are at the heart of this novel kept me reading. There is accult mysticism to this novel also. It’s not bad but not great either. ( )
  Smits | Jan 13, 2024 |
When I picked up this book, I thought it was historical fiction. I was very confused and delighted when it turned out to be more than that. Ivy was an extremally likeable character, as were most of the supporting cast. There were some parts that seemed to move so fast for no reason, but I like that the reasons for it are revealed later on. This was a fun read!
  lindywilson | Jan 3, 2024 |
Ivy Radcliffe goes from poverty to heiress in this fascinating Gothic mystery. The story takes place in the early 1920s after World War I. Ivy is transplanted from London to the moors of Yorkshire when she inherits an estate with the proviso she remains in the house. The servants are distant, and Ivy is lonely, but there is a fabulous library. Still, circumstances seem strange, even eerie, as Ivy learns more and more about the house and library.
The setting is appropriately mysterious, with the ancient house converted from an abbey. There are ghosts, mad monks, and odd characters that Ivy can't quite remember meeting. The setup is quite good, though I found the latter part of the book confusing until I realized what was happening to Ivy. It was a terrific twist and revelation that made it all worthwhile. ( )
  N.W.Moors | Nov 3, 2023 |
It's obvious from the start that Last Heir is going to be a light and quaint historical thriller/romance, so I knew what I was getting into here. Fox's prose is sound and her background interests help to create a believable historio-fantastic setting, but her character development is malnourished and cardboard-thin. Books, abbeys, post-war trauma, and the ghost of a mad monk combine to promise an escapist romp through the Yorkshire moors, but for me the surprisingly anti-feminist template and overly cozy coincidence and cleanliness of the plot lines made for a disappointing journey. I was intrigued by her treatment of lending out 'haunted' books that directly influenced real-world situations based upon their contents, but that was only explored for a brief section and then wholly forgotten for the rest of the story. In my opinion, expanding on that premise would have made for a much more interesting and enjoyable plot. Fox certainly has the chops to have done it, but alas. ( )
  funkyplaid | Aug 13, 2023 |
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"With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or of the ancient bloodline from which she's descended. With nothing to keep her in London since losing her brother in the Great War, she warily makes her way to her new home. The abbey is foreboding, the servants reserved and suspicious. But there is a treasure waiting behind locked doors: a magnificent library. Despite cryptic warnings from the staff, Ivy feels irresistibly drawn to its dusty shelves, where familiar works mingle with strange, esoteric texts. And she senses something else in the library too, a presence that seems to have a will of its own. Rumors swirl in the village about the abbey's previous owners, about ghosts and curses, and an enigmatic manuscript at the center of it all. And as events grow more sinister, it will be up to Ivy to uncover the library's mysteries in order to reclaim her own story--before it vanishes forever"--

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