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A review by valerie523
The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy
2.0
This is the story of Lexie Gordon's discovery of who she is and where she came from. It is told through two timelines - one is her mother's during WW2 in the early 1940s and the other is her own in the late 1970s.
Valpy's prose paints a vivid picture of Loch Ewe in the Scotland Highlands, although sometimes her language felt a bit forced. The book alternates between the two timelines disrupting the flow for me. I never really got into either story, never connected to the characters, and therefore didn't really care what happened to them. Additionally, sometimes the storyline felt a little predictable, and the characters one-dimensional and stereotypical.
Overall, I give this book two stars, which is a "Fair" rating. I want to thank NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for this ARC.
Valpy's prose paints a vivid picture of Loch Ewe in the Scotland Highlands, although sometimes her language felt a bit forced. The book alternates between the two timelines disrupting the flow for me. I never really got into either story, never connected to the characters, and therefore didn't really care what happened to them. Additionally, sometimes the storyline felt a little predictable, and the characters one-dimensional and stereotypical.
Overall, I give this book two stars, which is a "Fair" rating. I want to thank NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for this ARC.