Second Sight vs The Ivy Tree: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: False personation, England, Romance, Fiction
Second Sight
Financially straitened and on the path to spinsterhood, Venetia Milton thought her stay at the remote, ramshackle Arcane House would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engineer her own ravishment. She was there to…
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The Ivy Tree
A TRICK OF COLORING... HER WALK... THE WAY SHE SMILED... An English June in the Roman Wall countryside; the ruin of a beautiful old house standing cheek-by-jowl with the solid, sunlit prosperity of the manor farm - a…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Second Sight has the widest readership — 16142 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Second Sight | The Ivy Tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (16142) | 4.0 (7634) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (22) | 3.7 (10) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (102) |
Reception
| Second Sight | The Ivy Tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16142 | 7634 |
| Editions | 30 | 33 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 9258 | — |
| Reading it now | 1234 | — |
| Written reviews | 799 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 465 | 282 |
| Pages | 345 | 272 |