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Title: Vintage Victoria Holt
Review: I'm a loyal Victoria Holt fan, reading them in order, and I find that her early novels, Mistress of Mellyn, Kirkland Revels, Bride of Pendorric, seem to be the best. Later novels like Menfreya in the Morning and King of the Castle are dull and formulaic. I really like the Gothic, Romantic Suspense genre, but Victoria Holt's later novels begin to lack the mystery and suspense that I love. The House of a Thousand Lanterns, while being very well-written and slightly informative on the English and Chinese cultures, is meandering and slow until about the last 100 pages (382 page book). Then I couldn't put it down. After having read her historical "The Queen's Confession", I believe Holt's true calling is her historical novels under her Jean Plaidy pseudonym. I recommend "The Queen's Confession", and you will be hooked on her Jean Plaidy novels.
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