Ghost Light I quite liked. It's set during the late 19th Century on an island. The main character's father is part of a rescue team and the plot is mostly her trying to figure out what the mysterious light she keeps seeing is, while doing what she can to help her best friend, who's very ill. (I can't remember offhand which type of sickness she had.)
It was a good mystery, but also interesting to learn about something I didn't know much about.
It took me a while to get through Cross Creek, because it's honestly pretty boring.
Patriots vs. Loyalists trying to get the Scots on their side. Elspeth deals with a lot: family strife, a grandmother with PTSD, headstrong cousins, wanting to be friends with a new Scottish girl but not understanding why her grandmother won't let her, and balancing her life at home with her apprenticeship as a weaver.
The end is more interesting, but it doesn't save the book or redeem the characters that completely fucked up.
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