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A review by stefhyena
Escape From Wolfhaven Castle by Kate Forsyth
3.0
I've been meaning to read this for ages and it was fun! Even though it was fantasy it called to ming Enid Blyton's Famour Five more than anything else, adventures with a lot of descriptions of food, being locked in places (the trick for getting out of a locked room was very Blyton), suspenseful hiding from bad-guys and unlike Blyton a touch of darkness remained when the cavalry did not come to deliver them (but there was an awesome ally).
Beautiful things included the urchin in a black velvet dress (just why?) and the similarly dark (and richly described....oooooh I want to say what the critter was but I suppose that is a spoiler!) I enjoyed the football match (not called that) between squires and servants and the class based critique there that I thought would develop...but all it develops into (so far) is fairly stereotypical conflict between Sebastian and Tom. Similarly some of the gender criticisms hold promise but seem maybe simplified and it will be interesting to see if they get developed at all (oh yes both my son and I are reading on into the next book!) No romance so far (GOOD) and reasonably complex friendship between Tom and Quin with some class and gender based bickering (believable and not too heavy) between the others.
I think I will continue enjoying myself. Whether I will end up thinking this is more than just good, well...I am prepared to find out!
It's the first book in a series. I wouldn't recommend it as a stand-alone (maybe as a read to see if you like)
Beautiful things included the urchin in a black velvet dress (just why?) and the similarly dark (and richly described....oooooh I want to say what the critter was but I suppose that is a spoiler!) I enjoyed the football match (not called that) between squires and servants and the class based critique there that I thought would develop...but all it develops into (so far) is fairly stereotypical conflict between Sebastian and Tom. Similarly some of the gender criticisms hold promise but seem maybe simplified and it will be interesting to see if they get developed at all (oh yes both my son and I are reading on into the next book!) No romance so far (GOOD) and reasonably complex friendship between Tom and Quin with some class and gender based bickering (believable and not too heavy) between the others.
I think I will continue enjoying myself. Whether I will end up thinking this is more than just good, well...I am prepared to find out!
It's the first book in a series. I wouldn't recommend it as a stand-alone (maybe as a read to see if you like)