Reviews
*3.5
To be honest, this left me pretty meh. There were some parts and characters I enjoyed, mostly Fergal, but overall I was just hoping for more out of this story.
Another Susanna Kearsley novel, this one follows Eva who has come back to the Cornish coast, where her family used to come every summer before moving across the ocean, to spread her sister's ashes. With no family let, Eva decides to stay the summer and see how things go as she helps her family's old friends with a new project at their rose garden. But Eva soon discovers that the voices she is hearing are not in her mind and that there is something time bending about ley lines. Again, so well written. However, unlike the other novels I have read by Kearsley, this one really does just focus on the main characters - and Fergal - to really focus on the love story and the people involved. In the other novels there was always something else going on. Here, it is a bit of *whisper* time travel and love. I, again, adored this novel. The characters have depth and charm and the writing just flows. It is so pleasant to read a novel that doesn't jar you constantly out of the story. The love story, the center point, is so sweet and, honestly, simple. Simple in that there was no fighting, no faking, no lying. It just happened. And sweet, ever so very sweet. Kearsley also does a great job of having love in her novels in the form of friendships that become like family. And, ladies and gents, this one has pirates! (Okay, not that kind, but free traders. Still. Smugglers!) Highly recommend this to anyone! Those who may not like this novel include those looking for: horror, steamy romance. I think that might be it.
