Return to Wyldcliffe Heights by Carol GoodmanMy Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩
I really enjoyed this book as a low-stakes gothic mystery. The descriptions of Wyldcliffe heights were amazing and the entire book sets a solid sense of place and time. Being an Update-NY native I especially enjoyed seeing the Hudson Valley shine in this novel. The plot itself moves along and never feels too slow, though occasionally disjointed (you can tell when we need to hurry up and get some threads tied off). The "twist" is not really a surprise, all the clues are there, but it does provide fodder for our protagonists arc. My only critique (and this may just be that I don't read much in this genre) is that it didn't feel particularly like adult fiction. Maybe this is because so much of the story happens to teen and young adults, but the tenor of the narrative felt more like Lois Duncan than Sophie Hannah. That said I really enjoyed the book and plan to hit up the library for Goodman's back catalog to fill out my summer reading list.
Published on 30 July 2024 by William Morrow
Book #37 of 2024
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