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Sometime in high school, I discovered Mary Stewart. I read everything she wrote and waited impatiently for her next novel. I read everything she ever published, including her children's books.

On Thursday, October 12, 2017, I discovered that all of her Gothics were on sale for Kindle and in a rash moment, purchased them all.

I devoured Rose Cottage and to my delight, I still love as much as I did the first time and maybe a bit more as I now have life experience and can appreciate certain nuances now that I didn't back in the day. Much of the reason I love it is not only due to a complex plot and well-developed characters, but because even her minor characters have a few details that make them memorable. Another reason is the gorgeous way she writes. Her descriptions are vivid


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Rose Cottage A Novel Mary Stewart Books Reviews

This story was a bit slow, and not quite as interesting as I had hoped it would be. Without getting into it, the storyline itself is not particularly interesting. I enjoy Mary Stewart's writing overall, though, so in that sense I liked this book, but I don't highly recommend it. I enjoyed her books "Madam, Will You Talk?", "The Ivy Tree", and "My Brother Michael" much more than "Rose Cottage".
I read a lot of Mary Stewart quite a few years ago. She got me interested in the charm of the English countryside and it has been an ongoing love affair with all things English ever since. Some how I had missed this one but I was not disappointed it was as good as all the others I had read. To me.....What I call "British Mysteries " have real charm . Mysteries yes but minus a lot of gore. I guess you could say that "people" are the important part of her stories. SO if you like "people" stories then any of her books are a good read.
It's all about how you tell a story ... and Mary Stewart is a masterful storyteller. A different sort of mystery from her more suspenseful stories, but it's hard not to enjoy the telling of it...
The year is 1947. Kate Herrick is a young World War II widow. She barely knew her husband, but that hasn't stopped others from paying their respects. She has sought a new life in London. But then her grandmother calls one day. Could Kate go to the Rose Cottage and retrieve some papers? Kate remembers the Rose Cottage. It is one of the cottages at the English estate where her grandparents and aunt worked as servants. The Brandons, the estate owners, have always trusted her grandmother and have let her keep the cottage. Now Gran is in the hospital, nothing serious, or so she says, but is adamant about getting some documents from the cottage. There is just one problem the documents are missing. The search for those papers unveils a web of lies, secrets, and all of sorts of sinister twists that Kate could have never envisaged. At least there is tall and handsome Davey to help her uncover the mysteries around her...

Published in 1997, this is one of Mary Stewart's final efforts. The Rose Cottage isn't quite as good as The Ivy Tree or Nine Coaches Waiting, but it is a wonderful romantic suspense novel full of the atmospheric gothic elements that I enjoy and that could be expected from this author. It is a fast read, in first-person narrative and good historical aspects centered on post-war England. The secondary characters are great. The heroine is Stewart's special brand of courageous and naïve found in all of the novels I've read so far. Davey is also Stewart's standard alpha male. The twists and turns are well woven and developed -- better than most romantic suspense novels written by today's authors. All in all, The Rose Cottage is an enjoyable read. However, I'll stick to Stewart's older efforts from now on. I still have My Brother Michael and look forward to reading it soon.
The first book I looked for when I first received my was a Mary Stewart book. I was so disappointed to find only her Merlin trilogy. Now I am delighted to see that they are all now available. I bought them all!! I 've read her books several times over the years and I'm never disappointed. Rose Cottage is a lovely read, and you won't want to put it down. There are several typos in the editing that need to be corrected..
Like others of her later works, this is a gentle story with a strong sense of place and a basic view that most people are good. I purchased it on for a trip and very much enjoyed reading it. Our main character is sent by her Gran back to the house where she grew up to remove some papers and family heirlooms, only to find they are gone. There is a mystery she has lived with her whole life--who is her father?--and now there is another mystery as to who would have taken these things, which are of only minor intrinsic value. You may figure out one of the mysteries before Kate/Kathy does, but you'll enjoy roses and simple friendship along the way.
Rural England in the 1940's. A young woman inherits a picturesque cottage from her aunt. The aunt was known as the local witch. Not a pointy hat, black dress wearing witch with a wart on the end of her nose, but a herbalist and naturalist. The cottage, gardens and neighbors begin to work their strange magic on the young woman and she finds herself assuming the position her aunt held in the community. A gentle, old fashioned romance set in a lovely, magic place.
Sometime in high school, I discovered Mary Stewart. I read everything she wrote and waited impatiently for her next novel. I read everything she ever published, including her children's books.

On Thursday, October 12, 2017, I discovered that all of her Gothics were on sale for and in a rash moment, purchased them all.

I devoured Rose Cottage and to my delight, I still love as much as I did the first time and maybe a bit more as I now have life experience and can appreciate certain nuances now that I didn't back in the day. Much of the reason I love it is not only due to a complex plot and well-developed characters, but because even her minor characters have a few details that make them memorable. Another reason is the gorgeous way she writes. Her descriptions are vivid