Book Information Post With the Queens dissaproval aimed squarely in her direction will she weather the storm and win the prince? This is the second book in a four book season series and it tells the story of Libby's time at court as a Debutante for the winter Season. But just because shes there as a debutante now rather than a attendant to a debutante as she was in the first book doesnt mean she has an easier time of it, infact if anythiing its even harder because the competiton for the crown is even tougher than it was last time as both the Princes are taking part. Again as with the first book When I read the synopsis for this book on WattPad I was sure that I was going to love it, even more so beacuse I'd already read the first book in the seres The Season and now i've read the book I can say I wasn't dissapointed, thus the 4 out of 5 star rating. And because of all the afore mentioned things I have to say that this is a book that I will both reccomend to others and buy it as a gift for anyone I think would enjoy it. It was great being back in Libby and Prince Andrews love story because they are so well suited that its what you could call a match made in Heaven. Again the authors writing was so captivating and evocative that as a reader you feel as though your experiencing the events along with characters. One of the debutantes that we meet in this book is Pricess Dulcina of Ardalone (learn more about her and her family in The Rebel Prince) who expects to be "crowned" the next queen of Pretania at the emd of the season thanks to a Marriage Treaty that was signed by her Father and the King of Pretania, surfice to say shes not happy when she looses out to Libby. I loved the fact that Libby was attending this seasons as a debutante as apposed to a debutantes attendant, as she was in the first book, she was still as singleminded, determined, intoreant of the other debutantes simpering and backstabbing (as well as the general backstabbing within the royalcourt, and doggedly honest as she was in the first book. The strengthening of the relationships between Libby and the Prince and Princess as well as the development of the relationship between the young prince and Prince Andrews best friend were great. The one dharacter whos behaviour I couldn't make sense of at all while reading this book was the King, because it just seemed so out of character for him. It baffles me still furher now I've read the Heiress Queen, the prequel to the series, as it seems completely out of the relms of what you'd expect from how he was portrayed in this book. This book was so captivating that from cover to cover it just couldn't put it down and as soon as soon as I'd finished reading this one I immediately strated reading the next book in the series The Rebel Prince (unfortunatley not yet a completed book on WaatPad), because I needed more more more.
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Book Review | WattPad | The Season (Season Series #1/4) by Miss Katey
Book Information Post This is the first book in a four book season series, prequel The Heiress Queen,and it tells the story of Ellas debutante year of the Season with her young finishing school drop out cousin, expelled from everyone in Pretania, Libby Marks-Whelan as her attendant. It tells of all the goings on in the season along with Libby's antics while there until her cousin sends her home after finding out what she'd been upto. When I read the synopsus for this book on WattPad I was sure that I was going to love the book and now I've read the book I can say I wasn't dissapointed, thus the 4 out of 5 star rating. And because of this I have to say that this is a book that I will both reccomend it to others and buy it as a gift for anyone I think would enjoy it. Although i can see where other reviewers are coming from with regard the fact that the author finished this book when it was so close to the story being finished and continued the story in the Debutante I can understand why the author felt the need to do it. I honestly don't think it would have been fair not to finish this book where the author did as it was about Ella's Debutante year so the remainder of the story for Libby and Prince Andrew needed its own book so as not to detract from Ella's story as that was what this book was about although Libby played a fairly major part in it. Initially I liked Ella because she had invited Libby to the Palace to be her attendant during the season, but ultimately I disliked her because it was clear that she was a mean spirited schemimg bitch which was obvious when she sent Libby home for trying to help her win the prince with her mischeivious antics. Libby although quite Nieve has a very strong determined attitude, and cant stand all the us silly simpering that most of the debutants do when around the prince while stabbing each other in the back when the Prince isn't around. I have to say that I am of the same mind as her about the simpering and back stabbing of the Debutants because I to would have no patience with it either. It was quite clear from the authors writing that the Prince was neither taken in by the debutants behaviour nor impressed with it, which is why he gravitated towards Libby so much he knew she'd tell him straught when it came to their behaviour and his behaviour. The way the author described the characters really made the reader feel connected to them but it also made you appreciate all dynamics between them. I would also say that the way the author described the places (Palace) and country (Pretania) the story was set in made so evocatively made me feel like I was actually experiencing everything the charcters were along side them, which is why in the book whenever Libby was feeliing frustrated about something or with someone I felt that frustration to. I particularly loved the relationships that developed between Libby and the prince and pricess as you could see that they were genuine and going to be long lasting. All in all I loved this book so much that as soon as I finished reading it I immediately started reading the next book in the series "The Debutante". As i'm writing this Review not having read the entire series I can honestly say that whole series (The Rebel Prince, upto where the authors written so far) is fantastic and i'll definiteltly be reading more of her work.
Book Information & Review| WattPad |The Debutante (season series #2/4) by Miss Katey
The Debutante
Season Series #2
Historical Romance
WattPad
ebook
WattPad
29/8 - 2/9 2019
The Season #1
The Heiress Queen #0.5/4 (prequel), The Rebel Prince #3/4)
Royal Court During the Winter Season
2016 Watty Award Winner - voracious reads, 2016 Fiction Award Winner - Historical Fiction
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Season Series #2
Historical Romance
WattPad
ebook
WattPad
29/8 - 2/9 2019
The Season #1
The Heiress Queen #0.5/4 (prequel), The Rebel Prince #3/4)
Royal Court During the Winter Season
2016 Watty Award Winner - voracious reads, 2016 Fiction Award Winner - Historical Fiction
book-review-|-wattpad-|the-debutante-(season-series-#2-3)-by-miss-katey
Against all odds, Libby Marks-Whelan is back at court - and no longer confined to the service corridors as a lady in waiting. With the start of the winter season, however, the competition for a crown just got a lot fiercer. Now that there are two princes searching for wives, Libby stuggles not just against the other debutants but also against the momtomy of court life in her new position. With the queens disapproval aimed squarely in her direction, will she weather the storm to win the prince?
With the Queens dissaproval aimed squarely in her direction will she weather the storm and win the prince? This is the second book in a four book season series and it tells the story of Libby's time at court as a Debutante for the winter Season. But just because shes there as a debutante now rather than a attendant to a debutante as she was in the first book doesnt mean she has an easier time of it, infact if anythiing its even harder because the competiton for the crown is even tougher than it was last time as both the Princes are taking part. Again as with the first book When I read the synopsis for this book on WattPad I was sure that I was going to love it, even more so beacuse I'd already read the first book in the seres The Season and now i've read the book I can say I wasn't dissapointed, thus the 4 out of 5 star rating. And because of all the afore mentioned things I have to say that this is a book that I will both reccomend to others and buy it as a gift for anyone I think would enjoy it. Full Book Review
Book Information & Review| WattPad | The Season (Season Series #1/4) by Miss Katey
The Season
season series
Historical romance
WattPad
ebook
wattpad
I received this book for free from wattpad but not in exchange for a review and this does not in any way prejudice my opinions on the book.
27/7 to 29/8 2019
First in Series
The Debutante #2/3, The Rebel Prince #3/3, The Heiress Queen Prequel #0.5
Libby, Ella, Prince Andrew
Pretania, Pretania Palace
season series
Historical romance
WattPad
ebook
wattpad
I received this book for free from wattpad but not in exchange for a review and this does not in any way prejudice my opinions on the book.
27/7 to 29/8 2019
First in Series
The Debutante #2/3, The Rebel Prince #3/3, The Heiress Queen Prequel #0.5
Libby, Ella, Prince Andrew
Pretania, Pretania Palace
Libby Marks-Whelan is decidedly not a lady. Kicked out of nearly every finishing school in the country, she's shocked when her demure, straight-laced cousin Ella invites her to the royal court as an attendant during her debutante season. What Ella fails to realize, however, is that Libby's brand of mischief is exactly the kind of distraction Prince Andrew is looking for during his inaugural season as an eligible bachelor.
This is the first book in a four book season series, prequel
The Heiress Queen,and it tells the story of Ella's debutante year of the Season with her young
finishing school drop out cousin, expelled from everyone in Pretania, Libby Marks-Whelan as
her attendant. It tells of all the goings on in the
season along with Libby's antics while there
until her cousin sends her home after finding
out what she'd been upto.
When I read the synopsus for this book
on WattPad I was sure that I was going to
love the book and now I've read the book
I can say I wasn't dissapointed, thus the
4 out of 5 star rating. And because of this I
have to say that this is a book that I will
both reccomend it to others and buy it
as a gift for anyone I think would enjoy it.
Full Book Review
Book Information and Review | Netgalley | Alice in Brexitland by
Alice in Brexitland
Humor
Random House
June 1, 2017
Mobi
112
Netgalley
Thank you to the Author publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for An honest unbiased review.
Read from may 9th to 17th 2017
Lying on a riverbank on a lazy summer’s afternoon – 23rd June 2016, to be precise – Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum. Following him down a rabbit-hole, she emerges into a strange new land, where up is down, black is white, experts are fools and fools are experts... She meets such characters as the Corbynpillar, who sits on a toadstool smoking his hookah and being no help to anyone; Humpty Trumpty, perched on a wall he wants the Mexicans to pay for; the Cheshire Twat, who likes to disappear leaving only his grin, a pint, and the smell of scotch eggs remaining; and the terrifying Queen of Heartlessness, who’ll take off your head if you dare question her plan for Brexit. Will Alice ever be able to find anyone who speaks sense?
I would like to start this book review by thanking the Author, Publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read this well written, laugh out loud book in exchange for an honest unbiased review. My opinions of this book have not been influenced in anyway by the fact that I received it for review purposes.
The book tells the story of what happens to Alice when she spots & follows a a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum down a rabbit hole on the 23rd of June 2017. It follows her journey through the strange new land she emerges in, where up is down, black is white, experts are fools and fools are experts… During her journey through the strange new land of Brexit she meets characters such as Corbynpillar (who sits on a toadstool smoking his hookah and being no help to anyone); Humpty Trumpty (perched on a wall he wants the Mexicans to pay for); the Cheshire Twat (who likes to disappear leaving only his grin, a pint, and the smell of scotch eggs remaining); and the terrifying Queen of Heartlessness who’ll take off your head if you dare question her plan for Brexit). Will Alice ever be able to find anyone who speaks sense.
I loved the authors satirical twist on Lewis Carole’s story Alice in Wonderland as well as his take on the Key players in Brexit including the idiocy of some of the things they said during the campaign.
This is a book that came at exactly the right time for me as I had recently read lots of books with some hard subjects in them and although this was about a very topical heavy subject due to its satirical nature I gave me some much needed light relief. It was also a very quick and easy read.
Although this is a book will date quickly due to the nature of its content it is still a book that I may re-read in the future as well as recommend to others and buy for people I know who I think may enjoy it.
It is for the reasons above that I have given this book a 5 star rating.
Weekly Reads | 2018 | Week 18 April 30th to 6th May
This post is going to be looking at the books that I have read or finished reading as well as started or continued reading this week. If all the things listed (Book Information post etc.) under each of the short reviews are not links once this post published then they will be as soon as the reviews etc. are published themselves.
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The Books I read or finished reading this week are: The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gower <Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Mobi ebook from Edelweis & Audibook Reading period: read from 21st to 30th April 2028. Star Rating: 5/5 Stars book information and review post
I heard great things about this book from many Booktubers on you tube (simon from Savage Reads, Merceides form merciesbookmusings) all saying how amazing it was which is why I purchased and read it (as a Kindle book with audible Narration(aduio book)). This is an amazing well writen book which was thoroughly engrosing and an interesting
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The Baroneetes Wedding Engagement (Royal Wedding Invitations 2/4) by Jessica Hart Kindle Book Reading period: 21/4 to 1/5 2018 Star Rating: 4/5 Stars book information & Book Review post I immediately started reading this as soon as I’d strated reading this book as soon as I’d finished the first book in the series (Just One Darned thing after another) because I’d enjoyed it so much that I wanted to know what happened next. Initially I was reading it as a Kindle Book then I added audble narration to the book and as soon as I started listening to the book I was toatlly immersed in the story due to the skill of the Narrator. It was great being back in this world and with the characters again. For my full review please feel free to follow this link….
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The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor 2/2) by Katherine McGee [Narrator: Phoebe Strole] Mobi ebook via Edelweiss & Kindle Book with Audible Narration Reading Period: read from 14/2 to 13/4 2018 Star Rating: 4/5 Stars Book information & Review Post I started reading this book when I fnished reading the previous book in this series .
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Nora & Kettle (Paperstars 1/2) by Lauren Nicole Taylor <Narrator: Hailey Landers> Kindle book with Audible Narrarion Reading Period: read from 14/2 to 13/4 2018 Star Rating: 4/5 Stars Book information & Review Post
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Paper Princes (The Royals 1/4) by Erin Watt <Narrator: Angela Goethals> Kindle Book with Audible Narration Reading Period: Read from 7/2 to 3/5 2018 Star Rating: 5/5 Stars Book Information and Review Post
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Darkfever (Fever 1/4) by Marie Moning <Narrator: Joyce Bean> Kindle Book with Audible Narration Reading Period: Read from 31/7/17 to 3/5/18 Star Ratint: 5/5 Stars Book & Information Reveiew
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The Books I Started or Continued with this week are: * Started – [Kindle Book] The Bestmans Bride (Royal Wedding Invitations 3/4) by * Continued – [Kindle Book] Deadly Harvest (Flynn Brothers 2/3) by Heather Graham * Continued – [Kindle book with audible Narration] Dreams of Gods and Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone 2/4) by Laini Taylor <Narrator: Kristin Hvam> * Continued [Kindle Book] Murder in the House of Rooster Happiness (Ethical Chaing May Detective Agency 1/2) by David Casarett
On the whole I had a good reading week which is quite surprising as it was during the Easter Holidays so obviousley my son was at home so I wasn’t expecting to be able to read very much during the day. I enjoyed everything I read this week whether it was something I finished reading or started/continued reading. If any of you have anything you want to share with me about the books that I have reviewd and mentioned in this post then please feel free to share them with me in the comments below,
Weekly Reads | 2018 | Week 17 23rd – 29th April
In this post I will be discussing the books I currently reading or have started this week and the books that I have read/finished reading this week.
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The Books that I read this week are:
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah <Narrator: Susan Erickson> Read from 15th to 16th April 2018 Star Rating: 5/5 Stars book information & Review Post I heard about this book from Jen on her channel Jen Talks Audiobooks who gave it an effusive review on her channel. This was a fantastically well written book which told the story of a Family where the mother had lived through the Siege of Leningrad during the second world war. The mother told the story of her life during the Siege bit by bit through a fairytale which she’d been telling her daughters the initial part of since they were children. The imagery that the words created in places was amazing and was helped along the way by the skill of the Narrator, and it made me feel like I was a part of the story. Both this author and Narrator have become auto reads and listens because their both good in their fields.
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The Final Empire (Mistborn 1/ ) by Brandon Sanderson <Narrator: > Read from 28th March to 26th April 2018 My Rating: 5/5 Stars book information & Review post I am so glad that I finally read this book which I’d heard about from several book tubers that II follow all of whom had said how great it was and they were all right. This is the first book in a multi book series and it told the story of Vin a young girl who’s an untrained Mistborn. I thoroughly enjoyed this well written book especially once I started listening to it via audible narration with my Kindle book as i felt totally engrossed in the story and world. The magic system in the book is fascinating and I can’t wait to see how it and all the character’s who I loved for different reasons develop further in future books in the series. It is for this reason that I can’t wait to get and start reading the next book, The Well if Ascension, in the series.
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The Baronet’s Wedding Engagement (Royal Wedding Invitations 2/4) by Jessica Hart Reading Period: Read from April 21 to 27 2018 My Rating: 5/5 Stars book information & Review post
This is the second book in the Royal Wedding Invitations series by various authors in which continues the story of Hope and Jonas’s Wedding planning/organization as well as Max (Hope’s Brother) and Flora’s (one of Hope’s Best friends and Bridesmaids) story. I loved the fact that although the engagement between Max and flora started as a fake one for the sake of the Crown Princess it became a real one in the end. I enjoyed this book more than I did the first one, as in this one unlike the other one there were no extra words in sentences – which when it happened in the first book and drew me out of the story. It was great being back in the world of an upcoming Royal Wedding and with the characters from the first book as well as meeting the new characters introduced in this book. Having read this book I know I want to read more books by this author as I enjoyed her writing style. This book is a lovely short little contemporary romance and it fits in to the contemporary romance very well
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Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone 2/4) by Laini Taylor <Narrator: Emilia Fox> Read from 12/3/17 to 19/4/18 Star Rating: 5/5 Stars Book Information and Information Post As soon as I had finished the previous book in this series (Daughter of Smoke and Bone) and was able to get hold of this book I started reading it. I again got the audible narration with the kindle book as I know that this is the way that I am going to read all the books in this series. The combination of Laini’s writing and Emilia’s Narration meant that I was thoroughly engrossed in the story and plot, and strong belief in the characters. I can honestly say that I love Laini’s writing so she has become an auto read author as well as due to the skill of the narrator she has become an auto listen narrator. This book fits well in to the YA Paranormal Fantasy Romance genre so I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading books from these genres.
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Currently Reading Started * The Bridesmaids Bodyguard (Royal Wedding Invitations 3/4) by Liz Fielding [Kindle Book] * The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman 1/3) by Paulina Simmons [Audio Book] <Narrator: James Langdon> Continued * The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gower [Mobi e-book from NetGalley/Audio Book] * Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness (Ethical Chaing Mai Detective Agency 1/) by David Casarett [Kindle Book] * The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor 2/2) by Katherine McGee [Mobi ebook from Edelweiss] * Nora & Kettle (Paper Stars 1/2) by Lauren Nicole Taylor [Kindle Book with audible Narration]
Well as you can see I have had a good and varied reading week. if any of you have read or want to read any of these books then feel free to let me know what you thought of them or what makes you want to read them as Idlove to talk to you about them.
Weekly Reads | 2018 | Week 16 – 16th to 22nd April
In this post I will be discussing the books I currntly reading or have started this week and the books that I have read/finished reading this week.
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The Books that I read this week are:
Ghost Memories (The Bone Island Series 0.5/4/Prequel) by Heather Graham Read from 15th to 16th April 2018 Star Rating: 5/5 Strs book information Book Review Series Review This a short prequel Novella about the Ghost, Bartholomew, who appears in the main booksin this series (Trilogy). It was quick and easy to read and gave a good background to the stories from the main books, as well as Bartholomew’s history. I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys this series or any of Heathers other books but I would recommend that it is read after the books from the main
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American Street by Ibi Zoabi <Narrator: Robin Miles> Read from to 16th April 2018 My Rating: 5/5 Stars book information post Book review I am so glad that I finally read this book which I’d heard about from several book tubers that II follow all of whom had said how great it was and they were all right. This told the story of Fabiola a young girl who had travelled to America with her mother from Port-au-Prince,Hati and their journey through her mother being arested at Customs. This was a fantastically well written
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Heart of Evil (Krewe of Hunters 2/26) by Heather Graham <Narrator: > Read from to 2018 My Rating: 5/5 Stars book information post Book Review This is the second book in the Krewe of Hunters series in which the team are asked to investigate the Murder of one of the Reenacters at the Donegal Plantation the home of one of the groups, Jake Mallory, old flame of the Granddaughter, Ashley Donegal, of the owner of the Plantation.
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce 1/) by Alan Bradley <Narrator: Emillia Fox> Read from 12/3/17 to 19/4/18 Star Rating: 5/5 Stars Book Information Post Book Review I started reading this book as Paperback but as I hadn’t finished reading it by the time i had to return it to the library I then bought a copy on my kindle however I ended up buting the audiobook version of it as I still wasn’t able to get it finish it in kindle format. It has to be said that I am glad that I got it in audiobook format because it meant that i was finally able to finish reading it due to the narrators skill in voicing all the different characters. The Characters and plot in the story were well written and developed which meant they were beleivable.It was a good introduction to what i am sure is going to be a great YA historical mystery series.
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China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians 2/3) by Kevin Kwan [Narrator: Lydia Look] Read from 7th to 20th April 2018 My Star Rating:5/5 Stars Book information & Review Post Book Review This is the second book in the Crazy Rich Asians Trillogy and I started reading it as soon as I’d finished reading the previous Book (Crazy Rich Asians, because I enjoyed it so much. I enjoyed this book as much as the first one especially as I listened to it as I had the first one. Although the Narrator for this book was different from the first one she narrated the book as well as the other one and I will make a point of finding other books she’s narrated.
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The Prince’s Bride (Royal Wedding Invitations 1/4) by Sophie Watson Read from to 2018 Book information & Review post
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The Books I Started or Continued with this weekare: * Started – [Kindle Book] Sacred Evil (Krewe of Hunters 3/26) by Heather Graham * Started – The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to Muredr (Herringford and Watts Mystery 1/) by Rachel McMillan * Started [Netgalley Mobi/audible Audio Book] The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock * Continued – [Kindle book with audible Narration] The Final Empire (Mistborn 1/6) by Brandon Sanderson * Continued – [Kindle Book] Deadly Harvest (Flynn Brothers 2/3) by Heather Graham * Continued – [mobi] The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor 2/2) by Katherine McGee * Continued [Kindle book with audible Narration] Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor <Narrator: >
Book Review | 2018 | Ghost Moon (The Bone Island Series (Trilogy) 3/4) by Heather Graham
Book Information Post Weekly Reads Post Series Review Post
This is the third book in the bone Island series (original trilogy) and it is the story of Kelsey Donovan and Liam O’Hara around the mystery attached to the family home she’s Inherited from her grandfathers. I read this book as soon as I’d finished the previous book in the series (Ghost Night) because I enjoyed it so much and I wasn’t disapointed.
It was great being back with the characters and in the place because I loved them so much in the previous books. I enjoyed getting to know the new atcharacters from this book especially Kelsey the Granddaughter of Merlin Cutter. All the characters and the plot in this story were well writen and developed which meant that it was really beleivable.
This was a great close out to what has been a great trilogy because although it was a story in and of its self it also gave closure to the personal stories of the characters that had been in from the beginning. Although there is another book in this “Trilogy” which technically makes it a series you don’t have to read it as it is not a continuation to the story just a little bit of history about Bartholomew the Ghost from the Trilogy.
I can honestly say that Heather Graham is becoming an auto buy ad uthor because her writing is so easy to read and the descriptons of characters, places and events are so well carfted that when I am reading I feel like I am actually experiencing what is happening.. This is a book that I would recomend to anyone who enjoys reading historical mysteries with a paranormal slant.
Book Information & Review | 2018 | Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Winter Garden
Fiction
Pan Macmillan
November 20, 2014
Kindle Book/ Audiobook
401
Amazon/Audible
Read from 4/12/17 [ /4/18] to 23rd April 2018
Susan Erickson
Meridith Whitson, Nina Whiston, Anya Whiston, Stacey
Alaska, America
Sometimes when you open the door to your mother's past, you find your own future . . . Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and travelled the world to become a famous photo journalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, these two estranged women will find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. On his deathbed, their father extracts one last promise from the women in his life. It begins with a story that is unlike anything the sisters have heard before - a captivating, mysterious love story that spans sixty-five years and moves from frozen, war torn Leningrad to modern-day Alaska. The vividly imagined tale brings these three women together in a way that none could have expected. Meredith and Nina will finally learn the secret of their mother's past and uncover a truth so terrible it will shake the foundation of their family and change who they think they are. Every once in a while a writer comes along who navigates the complex and layered landscape of the human heart. For this generation, it's Kristin Hannah. Mesmerizing from the first page to the last, Winter Garden is an evocative, lyrically written novel that will long be remembered.
In this post I will be discussing my feelings and views on the book along with sharing the books information.
This amazingly evocative book tells the story of two sisters learning about their mothers past following their father’s death and so coming to understand why she’d been so emotionally withdrawn from them throughout their lives. It is told by way of an extremely mysterious “fairytale” love story that the mother tells and has been telling the sisters all their lives but she never finished it while they were growing up.
I heard about this book on JenTalksAudiobooks a Bookktube channel on YouTube when she was entrusting about it in a review. She is a booktuber who I know when she recommends books and I read them I will enjoy them as much as she did.
Thanks to how much I enjoyed this book and how well written it was I can honestly say that Kristin has become an auto read author. I can also say that due to Susan Erickson’s (narrator) skill at voicing characters and conveying feelings she is going to be an auto listen narrator for me.
All the characters and the plot were well-developed and believable. Which meant that once you got past the first 6 chapters I was totally engrossed in the story. The three women in this book were really strong, determined and independent women who as a reader you cannot help but fall in love with.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoy books that fall in to the genres in the contemporary historical areas and this book fits well in to. those