1. The Tutor's Daughter
    Julie Klassen
    Bethany House / 2012 / Trade Paperback
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  1. jenilee220
    Ohio
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Mysterious and Wonderful!
    November 19, 2012
    jenilee220
    Ohio
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    My Thoughts:

    How fun is that trailer? I love that publishers are creating trailers for books... so fun to see the characters come to life!

    I really enjoyed this book. Julie Klassen is a very talented historical writer and her books are always a wonderful read.

    This newest book incorporates mystery, danger, family struggles, social drama and so much more! The characters are involved in many different situations that cause them to learn more about themselves and those around them. I loved reading about their thoughts and their faith as they walked through the difficulties in the book.

    Julie Klassen also brings historical depth to her books. In The Tutor's Daughter, she delves into the practice of "giving away" or "hiding away" a family's disabled children. The book highlights a part of history that is rarely discussed and it was very interesting to read about how having a disabled child greatly effected a family. It was very sad how having a disabled child caused fear and problems purely because society was uneducated about disabilities. So little was known at that time in history about genetics and family health.

    You will love jumping in to this mysterious Cornwall manor drama!
  2. Marbie
    The Netherlands
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    October 2, 2012
    Marbie
    The Netherlands
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Emma Smallwood is the tutor's daughter. Her father has a school for boys — The Smallwood Academy. Together they try to run the academy after Emma's mother died two years ago. But now they have no students and her father is melancholic and therefore not motivated to try to win new students.

    Emma has a plan and writes a letter to the Weston family. Two of their sons attended their academy a couple of years ago and Emma hopes that the younger two sons will also attend their academy.

    When a letter arrives from the Weston family, Emma and her father are invited to come to their manor in Cornwall to privately tutor the two youngest sons. Father Smallwood is exited and looks forward to a new environment. Emma, on the other hand, is dreading to meet one particular Weston son — Henry, because he played a lot of pranks on her when he lived with them.

    When they get there they are not expected and come at an inconvenient time. Nevertheless they are welcomed in the manor and bedrooms are hurriedly prepared.

    Soon Emma will find out that someone is playing tricks on her. She also hears someone screaming in the night and on another night she hears someone playing the piano. And then she hears a story about a ghost who is hunting the manor . . .

    Every one of the Weston family acts strange . . . they are hiding something, but what is it? Is there really a ghost? And who is trying to frighten Emma?

    When Emma finds out about the family secret, will the pranks stop then, or will they get worse? And who of the Weston brothers will win Emma's heart?

    I loved how Julie took me away across the pond to life in Cornwall. I also loved the mystery in this story. At first I thought I knew who played the tricks, but later I would begin to doubt and in the end I found out I was completely wrong!

    The characters are well developed and easily to sympathize with. The tenderness and romance are sweet . . . overall a marvelous story! Well done, Julie!

    *Thanks to the publisher who provided me with a review copy through NetGalley.*
  3. An Old Fashioned Girl
    Minnesota
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Excellent suspense and rich in historic detail
    February 5, 2014
    An Old Fashioned Girl
    Minnesota
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    The Tutor's Daughter is Julie Klassen's best novel yet. Not only is it a puzzling suspense rich in historic detail, but also a believable love story.

    Klassen addresses several common practices of the regency era - education by a tutor, wreckers scavenging and profiting from shipwrecks, and sending away handicapped children to foster families. Her note at the end of the novel adds additional detail about Cornwall's history of shipwrecks and Jane Austin's own family - one of her older brothers was sent to a foster family due to his mental or physical affliction.

    One of the things I like best is that there is no sudden, inexplicable attraction that Emma feels toward Henry, like in so many novels where the hero and heroine are at odds from the start. While Henry appears to have been attracted to Emma from their first meeting nearly a decade ago (and promptly showed it in typical schoolboy fashion through insults and practical jokes), Emma's attraction is based on slowly getting to know him as a man who cares for people and his home. Yes, she is incredibly suspicious of him at first - and who wouldn't be after years of practical jokes? - and as long as she suspects him of his old tricks, she really does not feel any attraction toward the man. However, as he proves himself time and again to be a mature and compassionate man, her heart changes toward him. It is a much sweeter and more realistic (and healthier!) love story than most romantic novels can boast, be they secular or Christian.

    While the book is not full of scripture quotes or zealous characters, Klassen still weaves in a good message. Throughout the book Emma grows from a very regimented girl who prefers to order her life in the safest and most predictable way possible to an open woman who refuses to let fear and order imprison her. In opening her heart to Henry and God, she opens her heart to pursuing her own dreams. I especially liked that Henry cares enough about Emma's spiritual state to make sure Emma turns to God with her whole heart, and that it is not just in the heat of the moment because she is about to die.

    Five out of five stars!
  4. nomer15
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Her Best Work Yet
    January 11, 2014
    nomer15
    Gender: female
    Emma Smallwood is the daughter of a tutor from Devonshire. Her father runs a small school for young men, Smallwood Academy. A young woman with a great love for books and education, she assists her father with the running of the school after her mother's death. Her father has sunk into a depression following the death of his wife, which has affected their prospects of keeping the school open. They are invited to move to Cornwall and provide a private education for twin boys, Julian and Rowan, younger brothers of two previous pupils, Henry and Philip Weston. Soon after their arrival, strange things begin to happen at night which lead to many questions surrounding what the Weston's could be hiding.

    I have read and enjoyed every one of Klassen's novels. I believe this one is her best yet. Laden with intrigue, the story keeps you guessing at what kind of plot twist will come next. The characters are well developed and come across with great depth. There is plenty of complexity in the two main characters, Emma and Henry. My one minor complaint is that I would have loved an extra chapter or two or an epilogue to fully wrap up the storyline. Overall, this novel is highly recommended.

    (I've received this complimentary book from Bethany House Publishers through the Book Blogger program in exchange for a review. A positive review was not required and the views expressed in my review are strictly my own.)
  5. ruthhill74
    Yelm, WA
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Beautiful Writing, Beautiful Story
    December 27, 2013
    ruthhill74
    Yelm, WA
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    When I started reading this book, I knew I recognized the writing style, but I couldn't place it until I noticed it was the same author as "The Maid of Fairbourne Hall." And then I knew I was going to love the book, and that is a vast understatement! This book reads like a classic. The author loves Jane Austen and "Jane Eyre," and this comes through clearly in the style and the story. Indeed, Julie Klassen has got to be one of the finest Christian historical fiction authors out there today, and I would love to read every single book she has ever written and ever will write.

    This book has it all--romance, history, mystery, intrigue, and so much more. I found myself so enraptured with the story that I did not want to put it down. It is a 400-something page book, but it never dragged. The characters were well-developed, and you couldn't help but love Emma and Henry. I have to admit that I wasn't even sure how the romance would play out, but the ending was exactly as it should have been. No sappy romance--just true love. Oh, and it almost goes without saying--no sex scenes nor profanity.

    The Christian message is woven expertly into the novel without beating you over the head with it. This is always what I appreciate about well-written Christian fiction. The gospel is never out of place in the book. The characters are real and come to rely on God in a special way. I would not think that this kind of book would appeal to any historical romance fans out there, and you are guaranteed a clean read.

    I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.
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