Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: great historical romance

This is the third book in Hingston's "School for Scandal" series and her best yet! Quiet and withdrawn, Claire Finn arrives at Mrs. Treadwell's Academy after witnessing the tragic death of her parents in a higway robbery. In order to learn how help Claire to recover from this tragedy, headmistress Christiane d'Oliveri attempts to unravel some of the mysteries of Claire's past -- bringing Christiane into heated conflict with Claire's guardian, the dashing Lord Carew. Lord Carew and Christiane have a complicated history of their own, and one of the delights of this book is the unfolding of parallel romances as both Claire (who is 17) and Christiane (past 40!) come to terms with the past and the future. Funny, sexy, smoothly written and well-paced - this was a great read.