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Title	:	The China Garden
Author	:	Liz Berry
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	October 6th 1999 by HarperTeen (first published March 1st 1996)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fantasy. Romance. Mystery. Fiction. Paranormal

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When Clare moves with her mother from London to Ravensmere, an historic English estate, she can't shake the feeling that the residents already know her, especially Mark, a maddeningly attractive biker. Clare also feels compelled to take midnight walks in Ravensmere's abandoned China Garden. Then her mother reveals that their own past is tragically linked to the estate. But when Clare discovers that Ravensmere is in grave danger, will she risk her future-and Mark's-to save it?

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Original Title:	The China Garden
ISBN:	0380732289 (ISBN13: 9780380732289)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Clare, Mark
Setting:	United Kingdom

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This book is written quite well but I don't like stories where the female lead falls in love with a guy who kidnaps, robs, and sexually harasses her, oddly enough. He is unapologetic about it too, and two pages later she's holding hands and hanging out with him, as if the previous chapter didn't happen. It's the bad boy trope taken to an unhealthy degree. Would not recommend.

I read this as a teenager, and it has always been one of my favorites. It's fresh, young, mysterious, and even a little magical, and it's got a perfect love story.

Ah, YA. Subtlety is not your strong point. You make points using train wrecks, and not being satisfied with beating the dead horse, you mangle and dessicate the body. Let me not even get started on certain YA tropes that makes me want to throttle things, because parents aren't *THAT* oblivious. I'm going to have to have a moratorium on reading the genre for a bit; I've reached my limit.

Light summer "teen fiction" reading. I was a little disappointed that the "maddeningly attractive biker" who was raved about on the back cover didn't appear till at least half way through and it was pretty easy to predict the plot after about 30 pages. Still, though, it was kind of decent, with lots of those endearingly silly psychic and ancient female ritualistic themes.

I was both disappointed and grossed out by this book. How is that possible? Well, here it is. The writing was pretty good for the most part with great descriptions when the book needed it and the premise/some of the plot ideas were fun and cool to dig through BUT you know that premise up there? Yeah, the one that mention a hot biker dude named Mark? It took over 132 pages to introduce him. The amount it took to introduce one of the major players in the novel in a 254 paged book was far too long.

This book is a modern-day reinvented holy grail fiction work in many ways, as our protagonist Clare learns of her history, fate, and duty. While not the most scholarly work nor the most thought-provoking, Liz Berry's use of language and characterization made this book leap off page when I was a young teen. I have reread this novel many times and love it just the same each time; the message seems to even get fresher with the passage of time. I will always adore this book. You will love this if

I first read this book when I was about 16, and I still love it many years later. It's a great example of YA fiction, and it was before its time really as it would fit in perfectly with the current trend for supernatural romance. No monsters here, but definitely an element of the supernatural, and a great teen romance. There are so few good YA books written by British authors and based in Britain, I think The China Garden should be re-marketed and re-released so that the current generation can