A review by kiraly
An Enemy at Green Knowe by L.M. Boston

4.0

I think I enjoyed this book more than any of the books in this series after [b:The Children of Green Knowe|377889|The Children of Green Knowe (Green Knowe, #1)|L.M. Boston|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1282757940s/377889.jpg|859023]. It might be because Tolly is back (not that the last two were horribly bad, but I missed him). The villain is more ominous than the challenges or situations in the past three books, though Melanie is perhaps not as fear-invoking as Green Noah was. I was left wondering where Toby, Alexander, and Linnet were hiding...perhaps they are shy of Ping? Or it might be that they don't come around as much in the summer months, or don't need to manifest themselves as Tolly's playmates now that he has one who is flesh and blood. Also inexplicably absent is Tolly's dog Orlando, who would probably have been useful against the plague of cats.

If you read that paragraph and have no idea what I was talking about, read [b:The Children of Green Knowe|377889|The Children of Green Knowe (Green Knowe, #1)|L.M. Boston|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1282757940s/377889.jpg|859023] and go from there. These are books that pull you in and (at least for me) are reminiscent of childhood whimsy. The characters are compelling and (as evident from my paragraph above) feel like old friends by the time you're finished reading.