Wildthorn | 
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I am 100% here for historical fiction that takes place in an insane asylum. However, (and I can't believe I'm saying this) I wish that Eagland had done more with the romance part of the story. I could tell what direction the romance was moving, but it didn't really get there until the very end. I think the story could have taken several even more interesting turns if the romance element had been introduced much earlier.
pickI went on a Victorian ladies kick a little bit a go. This book illustrated the crazy reasons women were put into an asylum back in that era. Your husband is tired of you? Asylum. You want to be a doctor? Asylum. Women were not expected to be anything more than wife and mother. One issue: the flashbacks. They were not very smooth until the past caught up with the present. There was a mystery element which was good. I still enjoyed it.
Well that explains what's wrong with me 😜 I'm back to reading having done just over nine and a half hours. I'm obviously not going to make the 24 hour mark now but I've had a blast doing this! Here's my pick for favourite quote just because it made me laugh as an obsessive reader #24in48 #readathon
pickThis reminded me a bit of The Girl Who Couldn't Read by John Harding in that it showed the atrocities of Victorian asylums in chilling detail. But it was also a coming-of-age story with a sweet romance, strong characters, and a satisfying ending. 6/10.
