An Enemy At Green Knowe

Far darker than its predecessors, Enemy sees the holiday return of both Ping and Tolly to Green Knowe and its guardian, Mrs. Oldknow. Shortly after arriving, a letter is arrives from a Dr. Melanie Powers who shows an unhealthy interest in a dark secret buried within Green Knowe: that of an occultist......more

I usually like the Green Knowe books, and I adore L.M. Boston's writing style. However, this one is NOT a favorite. The depiction of black magic is just too close to truth for comfort. I would NOT give this one to children to read. Scary stuff.......more

This was my favourite of Lucy M Boston's series. The baddy is so nasty, the deeds so bad, that it's hard to put the book down - I just wanted her to get her comeuppance. Tolly and Ping are great together. I was surprised at how black the magic gets and where the heck is Orlando? When the cats arrived h......more

The darkness was full of the stirrings that come when power is challenged, as if the upshot could be certain. It’s September. Young Tolly, whom we first met in The Children of Green Knowe, and Hsu – also known as Ping – whose acquaintance we made in The River at Green Knowe, are staying with Mrs Oldk......more

An Enemy at Green Knowe provides a steep departure for L.M. Boston, more Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone or The Magic Thief than like any of her previous gentle books, which resemble The Water Babies or Alice in Wonderland. First of all — hooray! — Toseland, nicknamed Tolly, returns in An Enem......more