The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Interrupted Tale

from keristars

The Interrupted Tale is a delightful fourth installment of the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series. It brings governess Penelope Lumley and her pupils, the three Incorrigibles, to the Swanburne School for Poor Bright Females, and in the meantime solves a few of the long-running mysteries...

from ImperfectCJ

These books seem to be getting better as they go along. Normally I love this in a series because it's so much more satisfying than a series that remains stagnant or falls off dramatically as it progresses, but I also normally don't start a series until all of the books in the series are published...

from foggidawn

Young governess Penelope Lumley and her three charges travel to Swanburne, Penelope's alma mater, where Penelope will give a speech at an alumnae event. Alas, all is not well at Swanburne, especially with the enigmatic Judge Quinzey sitting on the Board of Trustees! Who is Quinzey, really, and wh...

from bookwren

Delightful to have a few more mysteries solved and know that another volume is coming. The Incorrigible children are maturing and utterly dedicated to their governess, Miss Lumley. Many excellent metaphors, such as the one about memories on page 61 (see Quotations in Common Knowledge). I also enj...

from MadameWho

I greatly enjoyed this trip to Swanburne Academy (as well as the new, piratical Simon). I'm even more impatient for answers, but I'll have to wait until book five (or more likely, book six) before I get them.