When I chose this book, the blurb sounded really interesting
but unfortunately it took me quite a while for me to get into the book. The
story revolves around Valerie who has relocated to Spain and her daughter
Briony who is helping her. Scanlan takes us on a voyage of discovery and orders
the story so that we are whisked away into the past and then transported back
into the future. As previously said the beginning of the book was incredibly
slow and I found myself getting annoyed with Valerie as her character is the
typical insecure woman that is found in love stories.
Having said that as I continued to read the book I found
myself getting more into the story and when the main event of the story occurs
I found myself crying along with the characters as the situation continued.
Once this had happened I couldn't put the book down although Valerie was still
slightly annoying me.
As stated the book did improve towards the middle of the
book but the ending was very rushed and I felt that Scanlan did not develop the
budding relationships as well as she had earlier on in the book. It felt
towards the end that she had given up with developing the story and that she no
longer wanted to write the story anymore.
Overall, this book is a good read if you overlook the
slightly annoying moments that occurs with Valerie and I would recommend this
book to anyone who likes a chic flick book.
What are your thoughts?
Thank you for reading my review.
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