I didn't like anything about this book...the story, the characters or the setting. I think some books are made for some people, but I wasn't one.

This book had a strange, fairytale like atmosphere. The setting is an old, dilapidated estate where Frances is employed to write a report about the buildings. She meets Cara and Peter who are also spending the summer there, where Peter is employed to do a similar task. Frances, a repressed and stodgy spinster is charmed by Cara, who is a fantasist, but falls in love with Peter. Their carefree existence comes crashing down when the results of their non-productivity and Peter's larceny will soon be discovered. This book reminded me of Anita Brookner's Look At Me, about a young woman mesmerized by a charismatic married couple. There is a sense of doom that pervades their happy, simple life and when the denouement comes, it is a shocking one.

A haunting story with a fantastic sense of place. There's a definite parallel to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting, but not in a derivative way. Would love to see this is as a film...

I flew through this one. I have been a fan of Claire Fuller since reading Swimming Lessons. This book follows the story of a couple, Peter and Cara and another character Frances. Frances becomes really intrigued with the couple and begins spending a lot of time with them. But little things start to make Frances start to question things about the couple. Go get this book.

A little way into Bitter Orange I thought the voice sounded so familiar but couldn't put my finger on why. Then I decided to see what else Claire Fuller has written and there it was--Our Endless Numbered Days, which was one of my favorite books of 2015.

I'll be thinking about this one for a while. Frances is a memorable and troubled character and now that I know how the book ends, I'm thinking about earlier scenes more and more. This is one I'll have to buy when it's published so I can read it again and flip around the pages.