Penhallow vs Thornyhold: Which Should You Read?

Penhallow Georgette Heyer · 1942 ★★★☆☆ 3.1 310 pages · ≈ 5 h 44 m · Challenging

Old patriarch, Adam Penhallow, yet ruling his family and his Cornish roost with an iron hand from his sickbed. The death of menacing old man, on the eve of his birthday, seems at first to be by natural causes. He was…

Thornyhold Mary Stewart · 1988 ★★★★☆ 3.9 289 pages · ≈ 5 h 21 m · Moderate

When Gilly Ramsey, whose childhood has been one of lonely isolation, inherits an English country home steeped in magic, she discovers an intriguing, mysterious world, and a man who teaches her to love.