Jennifer W. (JWilson) reviewed on 1/16/2011 + 73 more book reviews

Honestly, I did not care for this book in the series. I found out it was written many years after the 7 other books in the series. For some reason, the author went back and decided to fill in a gap in the series -- and I feel you can tell that the author has been away from these characters for a long time. I didn't get the same feeling from this book as I did from the other books in the Anne of Green Gables series. There is barely any dialogue between Anne and her family & friends back at Green Gables. Whenever she goes back to visit, it focuses more on her new friends from Windy Poplars who come and visit. There is absolutely no dialgue between Anne ans Gilbert. She does write him letters, but there are none from him. And whenever they are in Green Gables together, he acts as a driver or stops by -- but no interaction at all!! What a let down for the reader since they just become engaged at the end of the last book!!

This book does nothing to develop or enhance the Green Gables series. I have read the next book, (Anne of House of Dreams #5), and it is wonderful. I would suggest that you skip book #4 altogether and go right to book #5 after you read Anne of the Island.

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