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Loading... The Road to Paradise Island (original 1985; edition 1985)by Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean Plaidy, Eleanor Hibbert (Contributor)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 9788422668378 The later Victoria Holts, when she was apparently writing more for the Harlequin audience, are considerably weaker than the earlier ones and this is a good example. A solid 100 pages could have been lost and would have improved things quite a bit, there are so many diversions and side stories that add very little to the story. There is so much time building up to the big reveal that is it a fairly uneventful 2 pages and then we are done. On the positive side, Annalice is a pretty good female character and is both level headed and brave on any number of occasions in what is a very untypical Gothic romance. Milton Harrington is not as objectionable as many of the bad boy heroes that Holt often creates. So, though it dragged alot and was far more about the The Road than Paradise Island, it wasn't a bad read. Except! Except for a few paragraphs of howling anachronisms involving astronomy and geology that ended up somewhat crucial to the final reveal and were so badly and clumsily placed it made me almost throw the book across the room. rabck from jmsmom; Annalice, daughter of a mapmaker family, sets off as a companion to Felicity who is marrying an Australian. Annalice wants to find "paradise island" an island reported by her ancestors, and discover what happened to her seafaring brother. Only, who should she trust? Her almost fiancé in England? The overbearing sugar plantation owner in Cariba? Or a recluse on Lion's Island? no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inA Victoria Holt Quartet: The Silk Vendetta, The Captive, The Landower Legacy, The Road to Paradise Island by Victoria Holt Judas Kiss, My Enemy the Queen, Curse of the Kings, Bride of Pendorric, Menfreya, House of a Thousand Lanterns, Spring of the Tiger, Pride of the Peacock, Kirkland Revels, Lord of the he Far Island, Mask of the Enchantress, Secret Woman, Night of the Seventh Moon, Black Opal, Time of the Hunters Moon, Landowner Legacy, Captive #, Secrets of a Nightingale, Silk Vendetta, Road to Paradise Island, India Fan #, Queen of Confession, King of the Castle, Demon Lover, Shadow of the Lynx, Crimson Falcon, Mistress of by Victoria Holt Contains
Annalice Mallory, the sheltered daughter of a family of map makers, discovers the cryptic diary of her long-dead ancestor that includes a map of a mysterious far-of island. Philip, Annalice's brother, sets sail for the island, lured by the promise of incomparable riches to be found. But when he doesn't return, Annalice sets out to find him -- and the secrets of the diary -- in a desperate journey that leads her through the worlds' most exciting outposts . . . and finally to the tropical islands of the South Seas, where she encounters heart-stopping peril, but also the promise of love. No library descriptions found. |
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