Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour: Book 1 (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour, #1)

by Ally Carter

FIVE EXTRAORDINARY ORPHANS. ONE INCREDIBLE MYSTERY.
UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF THE WINTERBORNE HOME FOR VENGEANCE AND VALOUR

For readers who love the mystery of Robin Stevens and the mayhem of A Series of Unfortunate Events ...

When 11-year-old April joins a group of kids living at Winterborne Home she doesn't expect to be there for very long. But she soon learns that this home isn't like any of the others - especially when she unearths the secret of the missing-and-presumed-dead billionaire, Gabriel Winterborne, who is neither missing nor dead but is actually living in a basement lair, sharpening his swords and looking for vengeance.

Now that April knows Gabriel Winterborne is alive, she must turn to the other orphans to keep him that way. As a looming new danger threatens to take Gabriel down once and for all, they must use their individual talents to find a way to make sure this home for misfits isn't lost to them for ever.

Because at the Winterborne Home, nothing is what it seems, no one is who they say they are and nowhere is safe. And now a ragtag group of orphans must unravel the riddle of a missing heir, a supposed phantom and a secret key, all without alerting the adults of Winterborne House that trouble is afoot.

The first book in a captivating new series from the bestselling author of Gallagher Girls.

• ISBN10: 1408357372
• ISBN13: 9781408357378
• Publish Date: 5 March 2020 (first published 3 March 2020)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
• Imprint: Orchard Books
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

What the hell? Who the hell is her mother? Seriously she solves the mystery of the key but not who the fk her mother is?

If you can ignore that, then this is an enjoyable well contained mystery. I liked the characters, the dialogue was funny and the mystery was exciting - even if somewhat predictable. There were a few hints at romance that didn't really seem to go anywhere. Would've been stronger without the hints between April and Tim. Or Colin and Sadie. But maybe I'm reading too much into it. April was kind of a contradiction - she was both street smart and stunningly naive. That was frustrating. And the characters were somewhat flat in parts. It's not a fantastic book but it was an easy enjoyable read. 3 stars.

[katie]

It's an Ally Carter book, but it also feels like A Series of Unfortunate Events and kinda Arrow? It's fantastic and amazing and... is it a standalone or a series? Because honestly that's what's confusing me right now...