A Sprig Of Sea Lavender

2.5 Stars
Here's the deal with this one: I read this when I was 14 for a dissertation I had to do for grade 9 English. We had to choose a book from our school library that WASN'T Stephen King (the bane of every English teacher, lol). I picked this one up from the rack, opened the first page, and saw the towns Sudbury, Markstay (Mark's Tey in the book) and Chelmsford all within the first few pages! Mind you, the author is talking about towns in the UK, but still...Being from Sudbury, Ontario, and having a love of art, this was the one I decided on.

Fast forward to now. The odd title has always been in my memory bank, but the plot was forgotten about. I found a copy on Internet Archive and decided to re-read it.

And well...it's not bad. Good story overall, but the writing is repetitive, and manner of speaking shows its age. I was able to skip paragraphs without consequence when the story got too stuck on details.

I also found most of the characters' names sounded too much alike: Shirley, Sandra, Sally/ Trudi, Trish. Seriously, writers, think how that affects your reader. It confused me...