I've been in a mood lately where I hate everything so I decided to go back and read a book that I adored when I was a teen and see what I thought of it now. This is a huge book ringing in at around a thousand pages and encompassing ten years of Judith's life. The book tends to be overly descriptive (an abridged copy would have been terrific) and reads slow at times however Judith and the Carey-Lewis clan is so compelling and their lives are so romantic and tragic that it keeps the reader interested. I found myself drawn into the time period and into Cornwall. Falling in love when she did and crying when her heart was broken.
Appropriateness: This is a book to buy for teens who have gotten into books like Gone With the Wind and want to be lost in a characters life and a time in history. There is a bit of sex and alcohol but nothing more than you would find in a young adult book.
