The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book II: The Hidden Gallery

from keristars

I did not read The Mysterious Howling before starting on The Hidden Gallery: I was much too impatient to start reading about the Incorribles to take the time to go to the library (or bookstore) for a copy. I had been looking forward to reading about governess Penelope Lumley and the three childre...

from foggidawn

In this, the second book of the series, plucky governess Penelope Lumley and her three Incorrigible charges travel to London. Penelope is full of plans for educational outings, as well as a visit with her friend and former headmistress Miss Mortimer, but all does not go as planned. On the journey...

from ErisofDiscord

Although this is the second book in the series and I have not read the first, thanks to the author's helpful blurb of the previous book at the beginning of the story, I was able to read this with very little problems. The book is about a Victorian governess's attempts to tame and school a trio of...

from aethercowboy

The worst part about this book was that it was compared to Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Comparing one book to another, arguably, more popular book, or series, or author, or what have you is very dangerous, as it causes the astute reader to view the work at hand through a more ...

from Dranea

This was a very cute, fun, educational book to read. The narrator is not a character in the book, and it has a very "I'm being read to" feel about it. It reminded me of Lemony Snicket in a way. This book is not dark like that series, but the narrator has that mysterious type of feel. And there ar...