A review by lee25
The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley

3.0

I LOVE the Scottish series.

The men of the Moray and Graeme family are courageous and honourable (and in my imagination, gorgeous as well). And they are the best part of this book - along with a few cameos from some other characters from [b:The Winter Sea|3392089|The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)|Susanna Kearsley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1410915489l/3392089._SY75_.jpg|3723657].

Lily was also courageous and honourable, but for the most part I found [b:The Vanished Days|57183703|The Vanished Days (The Scottish series)|Susanna Kearsley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1616717872l/57183703._SX50_.jpg|85740153] hard work. While there wasn't really anything to dislike about the book, I just couldn't complete immerse myself in the story like [b:The Winter Sea|3392089|The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)|Susanna Kearsley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1410915489l/3392089._SY75_.jpg|3723657], [b:The Firebird|15942636|The Firebird (The Scottish series, #2)|Susanna Kearsley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347896972l/15942636._SY75_.jpg|21409785] and even [b:The Shadowy Horses|961831|The Shadowy Horses|Susanna Kearsley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1428617658l/961831._SY75_.jpg|960794] (all of which I have read multiple times). That said, I will definitely re-read [b:The Vanished Days|57183703|The Vanished Days (The Scottish series)|Susanna Kearsley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1616717872l/57183703._SX50_.jpg|85740153]
Spoilerif for no other reason than to work out how I missed the unexpected twist at the end
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