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Mary Stewart Reading Binge
Aug. 10th, 2006 09:15 pmAm on, as described, an absolute binge of reading Mary Stewart books (the romance adventures - I read the Merlin trilogy first, ages and ages ago). I've read several, but not all, and a co-worker is kindly loaning them to me. I am responding by loaning her some L.M. Montgomerys, because she's only read the Anne books. I'm giving her the Emily trio, The Blue Castle, and A Tangled Web, all of which I love.
Anyway, I've just finished The Gabriel Hounds (spoiled but vastly witty and entertaining young woman encountering a Plot in her great-aunt's house in Lebanon), and Nine Coaches Waiting (orphan takes up position as governess to Troubled French Family) and am currently working my way through Wildfire at Midnight (model goes to Skye for a break, encounters murder and ex-husband). I have Madam, Will You Talk? and The Ivy Tree for later, and have decided not to reread Touch Not the Cat (telepathy and mosaic floors), My Brother Michael (can't remember the setting) and This Rough Magic (Corfu, I think) until I'm done with the ones I've never read.
A small problem with the Stewarts is that the heroine frequently encounters a very nice secondary male who is not intended to be the Love Interest but rather remains a friend, and sometimes I like them quite a lot but they don't get a satisfactory end to their story. This is particularly true in The Gabriel Hounds (her very accomodating driver) and Nine Coaches Waiting (the very nice English forester).
Anyway, I've just finished The Gabriel Hounds (spoiled but vastly witty and entertaining young woman encountering a Plot in her great-aunt's house in Lebanon), and Nine Coaches Waiting (orphan takes up position as governess to Troubled French Family) and am currently working my way through Wildfire at Midnight (model goes to Skye for a break, encounters murder and ex-husband). I have Madam, Will You Talk? and The Ivy Tree for later, and have decided not to reread Touch Not the Cat (telepathy and mosaic floors), My Brother Michael (can't remember the setting) and This Rough Magic (Corfu, I think) until I'm done with the ones I've never read.
A small problem with the Stewarts is that the heroine frequently encounters a very nice secondary male who is not intended to be the Love Interest but rather remains a friend, and sometimes I like them quite a lot but they don't get a satisfactory end to their story. This is particularly true in The Gabriel Hounds (her very accomodating driver) and Nine Coaches Waiting (the very nice English forester).