So, thanks to Snacky on LJ, I picked up A Brief History of Montmaray by Michele Cooper, which is a darling not-quite-historical AU YA novel set in 1936.
The story feels very much like I Capture the Castle, except instead of a castle, we have an imaginary island kingdom with only a dozen inhabitants, a mad king, and three young princesses, one of whom is the narrator. They do their own housekeeping, live on fish and the occasional imported ham, and then the Germans show up...
It's really quite entertaining, and when I get home I'm going to order the next two.
That sounds awesome, Consuela. I loved
I Capture the Castle,
too.
Amy, I think it's right up your line. There's clearly some romance in the future, but the author is taking her time with the pacing.
It really does. Diary-keeping, imaginary kingdoms, madness, an island!, the 1930s ... I might look for it tomorrow at our local indie.
smonster, I've never heard of anyone specific and Cohen only says cryptic things about it.
Gotcha. Hope I didn't come off too snarky, was not my intent.
I read the second book in that series, as it was available on the kindle from the library, and it was really quite good. Because I hadn't read the first, I could not figure out who were siblings and who were cousins
Hope I didn't come off too snarky, was not my intent.
I was on the snarky side, myself.
totally wrong thread. Sorry about that.
Because I hadn't read the first, I could not figure out who were siblings and who were cousins
The siblings are Toby (the blond boy), Sophia (the narrator), and Henry (the tomboy). Veronica is the cousin (and daughter of the King), and Simon is
possibly her half-brother and also the King's son, I haven't read the second one yet and I don't know if that's been answered.
