Strands of Bronze and Gold -

Jane Nickerson

Knopf Books for Young Readers

2013

352 páginas

11h 44m

ISBN-13: 9780307975980

The Bluebeard fairy tale retold...

When seventeen-year-old Sophia Petheram's beloved father dies, she receives an unexpected letter. An invitation—on fine ivory paper, in bold black handwriting—from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather. With no money and fewer options, Sophie accepts, leaving her humble childhood home for the astonishingly lavish Wyndriven Abbey, in the heart of Mississippi.

Sophie has always longed for a comfortable life, and she finds herself both attracted to and shocked by the charm and easy manners of her overgenerous guardian. But as she begins to piece together the mystery of his past, it's as if, thread by thread, a silken net is tightening around her. And as she gathers stories and catches whispers of his former wives—all with hair as red as her own—in the forgotten corners of the abbey, Sophie knows she's trapped in the passion and danger of de Cressac's intoxicating world.

Glowing strands of romance, mystery, and suspense are woven into this breathtaking debut—a thrilling retelling of the "Bluebeard" fairy tale.

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4 (Muito bom)

4 stars

Even though I thought this story to be much more suspenseful than it ended up being, I thought it most entertaining.
You know the book is good when it keeps you from watching your series (even when it is on a sort of cliff-hanging situation!) Haha but anyways. This book did that to me. Not at it's first pages, to be honest, but once it starts... You just have to continue on reading it! Although there where things I didn't love, like the flowery words used on descriptions (which where tiring in my non-native English speaker opinion. :p), I did like so many others. And I did think the writing was quite beautiful too! (:
For me it is a keeper. ^^~