{"id":19401,"date":"2021-12-17T11:18:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19401"},"modified":"2024-01-21T10:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T15:31:01","slug":"goblin-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19401","title":{"rendered":"Goblin Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goblin Fruit<\/a><\/em> (2019) Celia Lake (Mysterious Charm)<\/p>\n

\"Goblin<\/a>Set in England in 1924<\/p>\n

Lizzie has taken a job for the ministry, hoping it will allow her and her sister to survive–especially since her work during the war hadn’t helped her to get any other jobs.<\/p>\n

Carillon also does work for the ministry, and keeps a public facade of a rich and not to smart heir, to keep society from suspecting.<\/p>\n

As with the previous book, I liked the mix up of history and fantasy and mystery.<\/p>\n

Also as with the previous book, poor editing left me confused and sometimes thrown out of the story.<\/p>\n

But my\u2026 associate wasn\u2019t sure what it they meant it do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This one was on the first page:<\/p>\n

He was one of half a dozen helper, sent from the auction house.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So it was aggravating to be thrown out of the story repeatedly, but it was better than the first book.<\/p>\n

But this one had a couple other issues.<\/p>\n

First, it brought up Lizzy’s family having a bad reputation, but never explained why. Also, her sister didn’t seem to have the same trouble finding a job that Lizzie did, which was confusing. We also had hints to problems with Carillon’s past, but neither of these things were explained.<\/p>\n

I also frequently didn’t understand why some characters behaved as they did, which was also aggravating.<\/p>\n

So, it was ok, but frustrating.<\/p>\n

Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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