3.9 AVERAGE

aekins's review

4.0

A lovely book. Beautiful poetic writing which is a pleasure to read and a quirky story about 2 different characters.

hannahjbear's review

4.0
emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Yeowch :(

auntyjo's review

5.0
emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

An absolute delight !! Two people Addie and Sol, have lived emotionally restricted lives. Addie lives on the island of Rokeby helping her controlling mother to run a women’s retreat. Addie does most of the work and feels unappreciated. Sol, the son of a vicar comes to the nearby island of Ora for a retreat run by Brother Andrew. Addie finds the strength to run away from her mother and with the help of Sol ends up escaping and living on the mainland where she establishes herself as a dressmaker. Sol returns to his profession of teaching and applies for a position in a remote island off Scotland.

Although there is a very strong attraction between them, neither of them know how to have an emotional relationship. With time they learn how to be comfortable together and eventually have the loving relationship they both desperately want.

A story of love, personal growth, discovery and contentment. A book I wanted to finish to see what happens but I didn’t want it to end.
emotional hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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readbybeckyrose's review

4.0
funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes