the maid of fairbourne hall by julie klassen

But then it lingered in Mount TBR for another few months because, oddly enough, I was afraid I wouldn’t like it. I had The Maid of Fairbourne Hall on my 'yay coming soon!!!' wishlist for months and bought it the day it came out. I've read them all several times, and I still can’t decide which one to add to my Desert Island Keepers. I was drawn to her books by the intriguing titles, beautiful covers and well-written blurbs, and all four of her previous novels exceeded my expectations. 'It's not a preachy inspirational, trust me!' I'm not one for the fangirl 'OMG YOU HAVE TO READ THIS' stuff, but Julie Klassen’s books have tempted me to engage in some literary peer pressure.

If you love the Jane Austen classics, then you have to try one of Julie Klassen’s novels and discover that Austen’s brilliance with regency romances lives on! I was swept away in this lovely tale where the reader gets a behind the scenes look at what life was like for the servants in a 19th century English manor. A few of the male characters have less than honorable designs toward women, especially the servant girls, but details are never given. Especially her first time at emptying a chamber pot! Haha, I was laughing out loud-how gross! As to questionable content, there really wasn’t any worth mentioning. The things that Margaret had to go through as a housemaid certainly made for some amusing moments. Klassen excels at keeping the reader riveted to the pages, both with her awesome, intricate storyplot and her deep, endearing characters. And found it very hard to put it down at the end of each chapter. Once she was brought low and humbled as a housemaid-and learned so many lessons about the people who work so hard behind the scenes-she grew on me.įor being a rather thick book, I flew through the pages, easily. Margaret took a little longer for me to warm up to, but through no fault of the author! She was just a bit too uppity. At his first appearance after years in Barabdos, I was glued to the pages and instantly intrigued about this man. The first character that struck me the strongest and grabbed my attention was wild-mannered and dashingly good looking Nathaniel Upchurch. Open this book and Klassen will transports you back to the early 1800s, in England, when upper-class Margaret Macy suddenly finds her life altered to that of a lowly housemaid.

Julie Klassen is the 21st century's Jane Austen! I knew she was good after reading The Apothocary’s Daughter, but The Maid of Fairbourne Hall really blew me away. First posted on my blog, Legacy of a Writer.

The maid of fairbourne hall by julie klassen