The House of a Thousand Lanterns

Rating:
Summary: Yawn.....are we done yet?
Review: I am a huge fan of Victoria Holt, but this storyline isn't her best. You spend most of the book waiting for Jane to move to Hong Kong to live in the House of a Thousand Lanterns. Jane was the only protagonist that I felt would deserve her demise due to her blinded devotion to her first husband. Oh...her second husband was not old...in his early 50's.
I also found the book filled with stereotypes against the Chinese and women in general. I don't think it was on purpose.
Read this book to add to your Victoria Holt collection, just don't expect too much from it.

Rating:
Summary: A Real Page-Turner!
Review: Jane soon realized that her "marriage" isn't all that it seems. The man she thought was her husband is actually married to someone else! She also finds out that is pregnant. To provide for her son, she marries her kind, elderly employer "in name only". They travel to Hong Kong to "The House of A Thousand Lanterns" where her life changes forever. Her son's father arrives, a widower, to find his son and marry Jane. Jane's husband dies, and strange things begin to happen. Will she marry her son's father? Did he kill her husband? Is he trying to kill her? And what is the secret in "The House of a Thousand Lanterns"?

Rating:
Summary: Yawn.....are we done yet?
Review: Jane soon realized that her "marriage" isn't all that it seems. The man she thought was her husband is actually married to someone else! She also finds out that is pregnant. To provide for her son, she marries her kind, elderly employer "in name only". They travel to Hong Kong to "The House of A Thousand Lanterns" where her life changes forever. Her son's father arrives, a widower, to find his son and marry Jane. Jane's husband dies, and strange things begin to happen. Will she marry her son's father? Did he kill her husband? Is he trying to kill her? And what is the secret in "The House of a Thousand Lanterns"?

Rating:
Summary: Dazzling, fun reading
Review: This isn't the best Victoria Holt novel, but her books never fail to engage the reader with exotic locations, suspense and romance. So, I gave it 5 stars anyway...I couldn't put this down and the ending was quite effective...