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sjbanno's review
3.0
I enjoyed the journey with head strong and determined Angus. The lengths she went to to find the truth and her true self. She did anoy me at times with her stubbornness and the inability to see that she had what she needed and wanted right in front of her but was to stubborn to accept it. I also found her a little to trusting and nieve considering her upbringing.
The other story line with Tori and her mother held little interest for me excpet for the letter itself. I also feel like it wasn't exactly tied in well enough, i was expecting it to end and fit in a little differently.
I did find the book a little predictable at times, and i feel the ending was given away a few times i with hints thrown in if you picked up on them.
Overall though I did like this book and would recommend it to others.
The other story line with Tori and her mother held little interest for me excpet for the letter itself. I also feel like it wasn't exactly tied in well enough, i was expecting it to end and fit in a little differently.
I did find the book a little predictable at times, and i feel the ending was given away a few times i with hints thrown in if you picked up on them.
Overall though I did like this book and would recommend it to others.
nicmacc's review
5.0
Loved this interwoven tale of past and present. Kimberley does it so well. Kept me entertained and enthralled. Must admit though, there were some parts which were a little far fetched and I was like... oh... I will be giving 3 stars for this I think. Then she swept me up in it again and all was forgotten and it really deserves 5 stars. I listened to the audio version narrated by Jennifer Vuletic - absolutely superb. She did so many voices and they were all fantastic.
thebookmuse's review
5.0
Wonderfully written, a longer review to appear on my blog. Thanks to Hachette for the review copy.
kali's review
5.0
A search for a mother’s love that takes the protagonists of two of these story lines across the world and back. I truly loved this. In the present-day, Tori flies to England to be with her mother after a traffic accident, and learning of her dementia, stays to tidy her mother’s office. There she finds the start of a letter, ‘To my child, whom I could not keep’. In 1874, Agnes Resolute leaves Perdita Hall, an orphan in pursuit of the mother who abandoned her. She has a clue and very little money, and both take her to London, Paris, Ceylon, and Melbourne, to find the place where she belongs. Poor, poor Agnes. Every step of her way is thwarted, and though I was not surprised by the ending, I was gripped to the very last page. The research and evocation of setting is incredible, and the weaving of the three story lines impeccable.
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