I love Thornyhold! I don't think it's Mary Stewart's strongest book nor is one of my main favourites, but I find it's just so appealing... comfortable and relatable. Some of Stewart's other heroines have exciting adventures that are interesting to read about (Madam Will You Talk? has a great car chase) but which I wouldn't want to live to personally experience. Inheriting a beautiful old house, on the other hand, is definitely my sort of adventure. I also appreciate that Gilly isn't 23, stunningly beautiful and/or romantically experienced -- and yet she still gets her own fairytale.
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Date: 2018-07-18 02:01 pm (UTC)