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I didn't really enjoy this book because of the style of writing. I think that I didn't like the style because it was written like it was written in the last two century. I didn't find the characters very intresting, but I don't really like old fashioned books. I preferred the other books that Eva Ibboston wrote after this one.

I didn't like it much, and I put it down halfway through because I didn't enjoy it very much, and I had tonnes of homework and I couldn't waste my time reading it. I think it would of gotten better, but I had a lot of other good books to read as well.

Eighteen-year-old ellen never expected the Hallendorf school to be, well, quite so unusual. After all, her life back in england with her suffragette mother and liberated aunts certainly couldn’t be called normal. but buried deep in the beautiful Austrian countryside, ellen discovers an eccentric world occupied by wild children and even wilder teachers, experimental dancers and a tortoise on wheels. And then there is the particurally intriguing, enigmatic, and very handsome Marek, part-time gardener and fencing teacher. ellen is instantly attracted to the mysterious gardener, but Hitler’s reich is already threatening their peaceful world. only when she discovers Marek’s true identity and his dangerous mission does ellen realize the depth of her feelings for him—and the danger their newfound love faces in the shadow of war.

I feel this book is for much older readers, like 18+ as it has an old language style that some younger people wouldn't get as much as if you were older. I think I would of enjoyed it a lot more if it was written better, the characters were younger and the plot was a bit more exciting at the start.