I loved this story. Every time I got to the end of a chapter I would look at the next one and be like, "after this one, I'll go to bed." The past four days I have been so sleep deprived! I haven't read many mysteries, but if thre are more like this out there, I have been missing out! I loved Eliz'a character from the start and had no idea that she would end up being Nell's mother till the last fourth of the book. I hated Adeline, the sad thing is, there are so many people in the world like her. I want to plant my own garden now! I wish I had some big juicy family secret to unfold... or any mystery at all. What fun!