My “guilty pleasure” book for the reading challenge with The Literary Life podcast. It can be hard to work so diligently to enjoy a light read, but Mary Stewart is worth it. Buy the eBook My Brother Michael, The genre-defining tale of adventure, intrigue and murder from the Queen of the Romantic Mystery by Mary Stewart online. The setting – in and around Delphi – is so beautifully crafted with words that you feel as though the ancient Greek landscape is, in itself, a character in the story. Her allusions are spot on and worth looking up to if you don’t know them. Stewart is obviously really well educated and well read. I’m also glad that I’d just read Euripides – a different play to be sure – so the epigraphs were especially meaningful. It’s rather realistic in an unrealistic way. Simon and Camilla kind of fall in instant love, but no one talks about it – they keep dancing around it, even joking a little about it, but it’s never really obvious and if the reader were a skimmer, or not reading carefully she might miss the oblique comments between them. I started this in September and didn’t accomplish much until Friday when I read it in two days.Īs romances go, this one was pretty subtle, but I appreciate that. In recognition of these unique bonds, a movie poll about blended sibling groups that are as equally strong as biological ones. She takes a little work for fun, sometimes it takes a month or 9 to build up momentum. My Brother Michael : Suspense and fear surround the mysterious temple of Delphi : Stewart, Mary : 9781444711233 in Makeen books shop sri lanka : Hodder. Despite their prevalence, non-traditional sibling bonds are often overlooked among the many different types of sibling relationships.

My brother michael by mary stewart