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Synopsis:
This book is about a writer, Dart Carpenter, who, for researching his book, is staying on an isolated island (Motuwhenua: meaning new moon in Maori). One fine morning, while strolling through the sand after a stormy night, he finds a woman (naked, and almost dead), washed ashore. Later, she regains consciousness, and identifies herself as Copper Jones, but seems to have lost her memory, of her time at sea. And thus starts their blissful island life – of three long months – before the schooner that is to come for Dart arrives. After they return to the mainland, it is time for some shocking revelations and a time-lapse. But what happens next is for you to find out…
Review:
The prologue is a piece of art, and I am in awe of Daphne Clair. The description is so accurate, of floating/drowning, of drifting between episodes, of wakefulness and a dream-like state. The entire stay in the island, the minute descriptions, it's almost as if Daphne (or is it Dart?) has actually spent time there! It seems the author is writing from experience; she has done such a splendid job in narrating an idyllic island life. The book is a journey. The first half made me think like I was living a fantasy, away from the drudgeries of life, except for some minor hiccups (which comes with the territory). I used to enter a different realm while reading it; such is the effect created by the author. I couldn't put it down, except when I had to return to real life.
If not living the life of a nomad, I would have fallen in love with Dart. such a gentleman he is. And I can't even begin to imagine how frightening it would be to actually be in Copper's shoes.
The second half of the book is disturbing. Instead of keeping mum for such a long period, Copper could have approached Dart, and confessed everything. Neither he nor she tried to reach out to the other for two long years; it was a bit disappointing.
Later on in the book, I felt it was very clever on the author's part to use the book's title in the text. It would not be fair to call it only a Romance, but it is a Romantic Suspense. Aptly titled, the only drawback is the cover of the book. I feel that the cover of 'Island Idyll' (the book written by Dart Carpenter), should have been the cover of the book.
P.S. I was wondering, how do authors feel when writing a book where the protagonist is also a writer?
Originally posted on:
https://sassyshaina.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/carpenters-mermaid-by-daphne-clair/
This book is about a writer, Dart Carpenter, who, for researching his book, is staying on an isolated island (Motuwhenua: meaning new moon in Maori). One fine morning, while strolling through the sand after a stormy night, he finds a woman (naked, and almost dead), washed ashore. Later, she regains consciousness, and identifies herself as Copper Jones, but seems to have lost her memory, of her time at sea. And thus starts their blissful island life – of three long months – before the schooner that is to come for Dart arrives. After they return to the mainland, it is time for some shocking revelations and a time-lapse. But what happens next is for you to find out…
Review:
The prologue is a piece of art, and I am in awe of Daphne Clair. The description is so accurate, of floating/drowning, of drifting between episodes, of wakefulness and a dream-like state. The entire stay in the island, the minute descriptions, it's almost as if Daphne (or is it Dart?) has actually spent time there! It seems the author is writing from experience; she has done such a splendid job in narrating an idyllic island life. The book is a journey. The first half made me think like I was living a fantasy, away from the drudgeries of life, except for some minor hiccups (which comes with the territory). I used to enter a different realm while reading it; such is the effect created by the author. I couldn't put it down, except when I had to return to real life.
If not living the life of a nomad, I would have fallen in love with Dart. such a gentleman he is. And I can't even begin to imagine how frightening it would be to actually be in Copper's shoes.
The second half of the book is disturbing. Instead of keeping mum for such a long period, Copper could have approached Dart, and confessed everything. Neither he nor she tried to reach out to the other for two long years; it was a bit disappointing.
Later on in the book, I felt it was very clever on the author's part to use the book's title in the text. It would not be fair to call it only a Romance, but it is a Romantic Suspense. Aptly titled, the only drawback is the cover of the book. I feel that the cover of 'Island Idyll' (the book written by Dart Carpenter), should have been the cover of the book.
P.S. I was wondering, how do authors feel when writing a book where the protagonist is also a writer?
Originally posted on:
https://sassyshaina.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/carpenters-mermaid-by-daphne-clair/
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