Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour, #1)

by Ally Carter

April didn't mean to start the fire. She wasn’t the one who broke the vase. April didn’t ask to go live in a big, creepy mansion with a bunch of orphans who just don't understand that April isn’t like them. After all, April’s mother is coming back for her someday very soon.

All April has to do is find the clues her mother left inside the massive mansion. But Winterborne House is hiding more than one secret, so April and her friends are going to have to work together to unravel the riddle of a missing heir, a creepy legend, and a mysterious key before the only home they’ve ever known is lost to them forever.

• ISBN10: 0358003199
• ISBN13: 9780358003199
• Publish Date: 3 March 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Clarion Books
• Format: Hardcover
• 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...