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Justice Hall

a Mary Russell Novel
Aug 08, 2017jsjs rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
(NOTE: contains cryptically worded potential but not outright spoilers) The premise is very far-fetched, and I was ready to dislike it when I saw that it was yet another set-in-a-mansion inheritance story, but the story lured me in. I ended up growing very attached to the restless man at the centre of the story. I love the way Laurie King wrote this character -- the complex personas (shall we say) of the two characters from book 5 somehow became not only credible but unforgettable in King's very capable hands. Still, without giving away the story, there is someone on whose shoulders a lot has just fallen -- he will be needing their example and moral support, but it sounds as though they won't be there to give it. Who will give it? The idea that he could manage all this tradition and responsibility and not be vulnerable to other family influences makes for a fairy tale. Oh, and either King forgot or an editor "corrected" this and it stayed that way -- an important little technically correct word in the last sentence should have been changed.