Great Author but I think this book is quite boring ... First 3 chapters and I can't wait to close it and end my misery ... The idea is there but the sequence of the story is a little messy ... It was very disappointing ... ( )

Fluffy, but fun. I've read the first chapter or so before - I remember the 'welcome' he got from his stepmother - but never read the rest. It is quite thoroughly weird and convoluted, with misunderstandings galore - but I still enjoyed it. The characters are very solid and believable, and while secrets are being kept the reasons make sense to me. Though it was annoying the way they kept overlooking Miranda - I knew what she was up to. Thomas is sometimes a trifle too mature for his age - he sounds like a 9 or 10-year-old at times - but I suppose he might have the words without the understanding. I really like both Judith and Evan, and I love Bose. Angel's an idiot, and so is Helen in the opposite direction. And Terry, and...hmmm, all of them at one time or another. A bad childhood and conveniently lost memories, a broken family that, more or less, ends up happy - the kids are going to be interestingly related, though. Grandchild is also niece/nephew, half-sib is also niece/nephew... and the assorted half-sibs. I don't know if she actually wrote Helen and...Lord Mountjoy (I don't see that his first name is ever used), but it would make a good story. Beseiged, maybe. I'll have to look for it. ( )