![]() ![]() Having read most of Mary Stewart’s suspense novels now, this one is right up there as one of the more suspenseful. ![]() Her relationship with Max Gale is somewhat predictable, but much more interesting is Sir Julian, a gentleman with a number of surprises up his sleeve. Lucy is your typical Mary Stewart heroine: plucky, feisty, and has no end of courage to get her through her adventure. This Rough Magic is vintage Mary Stewart, with a murder or two, a mystery, romance, suspense, and lots of magic thrown in. One of her neighbors is a renowned actor who’s taken a bit of a sabbatical and his son, a musician with whom Lucy comes to blows at first. Lucy Waring is a struggling actress who comes to visit her sister on Corfu. ![]() This Rough Magic takes its title from The Tempest, a play from which this novel takes off. Mary Stewart’s books are best read on either very hot or very cold days and since it was 90 degrees out one weekend a couple of weeks ago, I decided that this one would be perfect. ![]() Sometimes, whether or not I decide to read a book depends on the weather. How I acquired my copy: from Susanna Kearsley, December 2009 Why I decided to read: it was 90 degrees outside at the time and I decided it was time to read another book by a favorite author ![]()
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