The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle

The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox                                   
Audio Book: 9 hours, 21 minutes     Book:   388 pages  



I truly enjoyed this story.   It is as if Janet Fox stirred, “The Turn of the Screw,” by Henry James,  “Flowers in the Attic,” by V.C. Andrews together and sprinkled in a little Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling for good measure.    Fun read, it has lovely twists you won’t expect which just add to the excellence of the story.    WWII in England was scary enough but being a child and being sent off to a spooky old castle in Scotland to stay in away from your parents with bombs going off during Adolph Hitler’s Blitzkrieg.    You will worry for their survival then all this gothic backdrop to boot brings in a background history of the place as being cursed.    It certainly seems so.   Is it ghosts?   Is it magic?  Is it Nazi spies?     So many avenues to consider during this wild time in history and this oh so nightmarish location.    And the people running the school and working for the school, let’s just say Delores Umbridge from the Harry Potter Books probably worked here before she left to bring Hogwarts to its knees.   I think all readers will be pleased with this book.    Well done, Janet Fox.