

This was also the first story we’ve read that took place in an area of the world vastly unfamiliar to the average Western reader, with multiple languages and multiple cultures. Not only was this the first story so far this class to be written by a woman where the main character is a woman.

I was extremely excited to read a story written by a woman and the tone and setting immediately hooked me. I found a lot of “firsts” in this book and all of them contributed to how much I enjoy and respect this novel. My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart is by far my favorite of the novels for this class.

The next book I read for my Readings in the Genre: Mystery Classics class for Seton Hill University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction was My Brother Michael (Mystery 238 pages) by Mary Stewart.
