Gothic Spring [Kindle Edition]

Caroline Miller (Author)

Book Description

Victorine Ellsworth knows something about the death of the vicar’s wife…but what? Is she the killer? Or the next victim? GOTHIC SPRING is a journey into a mind that is unraveling. Victorine is a young woman poised at the edge of sexual awakening and cursed with more talent and imagination than society will tolerate. The conflict between her desire and the restrictions that rule her life lead to tragic circumstances. “As the nights darken into winter treat yourself to the thrill of this elegant and compelling read.” - Anne H. Coulter

Product Details

• File Size: 360 KB
• Print Length: 328 pages
• Publisher: Koho Pono, LLC; 2 edition (February 23, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B007JLHBMS
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,013,810 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Winter Read November 4, 2009

By Anne Hendren Coulter

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Caroline Miller's Gothic Spring begins innocently enough but the plot is hardly an ode to innocence. Instead a mysterious vicar, a sick and beautiful young woman and a handsome young man in love with both the vicar's wife and the ailing young woman engage in a frightening and believable tale of encroaching madness.

When the book opens the two young people fly kites on dark moors and later engage in some fanciful play. Nice. But then.
The girl's illness progresses, the vicar's wife is dead and the young man falls into a brooding silence. The reader quickly races through Gothic Spring hoping against, but fearing for the worst outcome. Finally some clues emerge. All three of these characters were witness to the vicar's wife's "accidental" fall down the stairs. All, it seems, know something. And one of them more than the rest.

As the nights darken into Winter treat yourself to the thrill of this compelling and elegant read. But keep the lights on.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable sotry! June 19, 2012

By IngaKS

Format:Paperback

My review:

Gothic Spring by Caroline Miller is a historical Gothic novel. Gothic spring is excellently written and Caroline Miller is exceptionally good of describing the surroundings and characters she has created. I am not a very big fan of Gothic novels, but I really enjoyed Caroline Miller's work! Definitely a book for lovers of historical and Gothic novels!

Regarding the plot and characters:

It is true, that Gothic Spring takes you into a mind that is disturbing and captivating. The heroine of the book, Victorine is a young woman who seems very innocent, but that is only what you see in the surface. She also likes to see people hurt, she is plotting and annoyed by the limits of her time.

I really liked Victorine and her persistence and intelligence, but there are much darker sides of her which keep surprising you throughout the whole story.

You meet other characters, which are controversial, the vicar, whose death is nothing what it seems and a young man Jeremy, who also have things to hide.

Generally:

Gothic spring by Caroline Miller gives you very good settings and pictures of the era. The dialogue is minuscule, but right to the point. The characters seem real with both good and evil in them, so the proportions are very nicely balanced. Great book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely vision May 25, 2012

By Mindy K. Wall

Format:Kindle Edition

"Gothic Spring" is set in a country village on the moors in a similar setting to the "At Home in Mitford" books. They also concern a local vicar, but that is where the similarities end. "Gothic Spring" is a dark coming of age story about a girl who is born in the wrong era and with a temperament or personality that is not able to be managed typically due to her poor health. As a result she lives in her head and books. This literary and solitary life gives way to ideas that are not suitable to her position or life. In another era or in a different life where work or duty kept her mind and body busy things might have turned out differently. However, as a result of her imagination, situation, and being taken advantage of by someone who should have been protecting her, she is led or pushed down a road to madness.

Those who love her see do not see it coming until it is too late as her circumstances conspire to keep her secrets. Unfortunately one straw too many pushes her past the brink.

This story subtly draws you in until you find yourself totally under its spell. The madness is woven in so finely that it is with surprise that you realize how far it has gone and it is too late for redemption. The rich imagery allows the reader to "see" the village, the people, and the slow fateful end.

I give this book 4 out of 5 clouds.