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Title: The Hermit of Eyton Forest
Title: The Hermit of Eyton Forest
Series:
Brother Cadfael #14
Author:
Ellis Peters
Rating:
3 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Mystery
Pages:
240
Format:
Digital Edition
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Synopsis: |
A young novitiate's father dies. His grandmother wants him to come home so he can marry a neighbor's daughter so the grandmother can rule all. However, the father's wishes were for him to stay at the Abbey and learn until he reached his majority.
At the same time, a saintly hermit and
his young assistant move into an abandoned hermitage. A landowner
comes looking for his runaway serf and is murdered. The young heir
also goes missing. All of this is happening while the war between
Stephen and Maude continues apace.
Cadfael must put the pieces of this
puzzle together while making sure that justice is served and mercy
has its place.
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My Thoughts:
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Cadfael was almost a background character here. It was more about the hermit's assistant than anything else. And his story was all about “young love” conquering all. It kind of made me roll my eyes. I guess I'm getting too old and cynical.
I still enjoyed the overall story but
I'm not sure that Cadfael tagging along while everyone else does the
actual work makes this a Brother Cadfael Mystery. However
nothing here is going to stop anyone from continuing this series. If
you've stuck around this long, you'll keep on sticking around. But
that doesn't mean I'm not going to complain like a son of a monkey
about the tenuous link.
★★★☆☆
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