Judith Pella

Michael R. Phillips

In this 19th century saga of an aristocratic Scottish family, Maggie Duncan is torn between her obligations as a dutiful daughter and her dislike of her father's pursuit of power.

The Heather Hills of Stonewycke

Jeni Enjaian

I read this book many years ago as either a middle schooler or underclassman in high school. I adored the book and entire series then. This remembered adoration helped me make the decision to skip these books when reading through my collection four years ago. I read many books by both of these authors since then and gradually became aware of the glaringly obvious shortcomings of their authorship. These shortcomings infected every book I read by them. I had no hope that these books would survive a second read. As I supposed, they did not. This book was absolutely terrible, overladen with gratuitous historical details (this means a great deal coming from someone as obsessed with history as I am) and absolutely paper-thin flat characters. I think it took me 30 minutes to read this book, not long at all.

The Heather Hills of Stonewycke

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