Advantages: The book is hard to put down and full of twists and turns - a must read Disadvantages: You won't get the dishes done!!
Yellan, aged 23, who in the early 1800s is forced to leave the farm she shared with her mother at Helford and go and live with her Aunt Patience,on Bodmin Moor after the death of her loving mother.
Mary's aunt is the wife of Joss Merlyn -.the inn keeper of Jamaica Inn, Joss Merlyn. Even as she enters the inn for the first time on the cold, dark November afternoon, the coachman urges her not to go in and warns her of the strange happenings there, but Mary is committed to honour her mother's dying request to spend time with her Aunt.
It doesn't take our heroine long to realise that all is not well at the dark, frightening inn - it has no guests and is not open to the public.
Mary immediatly sees that her once bubbly and fun loving aunt is a gaunt, frightened shell of the woman she used to be. Joss is continually drunk and is vicious ...
Advantages: Well thought out story, great concept Disadvantages: weak support characters, difficult to relate to some aspects of it.
Background:
This was another bargain book I found when I was wondering round my local ?car boot? sale and I stumbled upon this one. I was very unsure about this it I must admit, but having read the summary I thought it sounded interesting enough. Also I couldn?t really go wrong as it was on sale for just 30p, so there was no harm in trying this one in my opinion.
About the author:
Evelyn Anthony is the pseudonym used by Evelyn Bridget Patricia Stevens Ward-Thomas. She was born in London in 1928, but now lives in Essex. In a successful and long writing career that stretches back to 1954 she has written 40 novels, plus 4 in the Davina Graham series. She general writes historical romances, espionage or thrillers. Her most famous work is ?The Tamarind Seed? which was turned into a film that featured Omar Sharif ...
Advantages: A good combination of flavours Disadvantages: Quite sweet
Cadbury Bournville Old Jamaica (180g bar)
Look what I found on the shelves at Morrisons! Well, I checked with Ciao that I could review this bar. They replied that I must point out at the beginning of this review that it is about the new bar and not the old one as this is the general topic for the product. Cadbury discontinued Old Jamaica a few years ago but now it is back by popular demand. Hooray!!! The details on the back of the wrapper say that, like the original bar, they are still using cocoa beans shipped from Ghana and the much loved raisin and rum flavours. It then goes on to say that Bournville are proud to unveil a new twist on an old favourite. I am going to have to delve deep into my memory to try and establish what this ?new twist? is. As with all my other reviews, I write about my experiences as I sample ...
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