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A review by jessthebookworm
Return to Fourwinds by Elisabeth Gifford
3.0
2.5 stars.
This is historical fiction, set in England spanning from the 2nd World War to the 80s. In the 80s, Sarah and Nicky are getting ready for their wedding, when Sarah disappears without a word to anyone, calling the wedding off.
It turns out that Sarah and Nicky's families knew each other when they were younger. The past starts to come to the forefront, as each family must deal with their past secrets and histories.
I see that this is recommended for fans of Kate Morton. There are of course similarities, but no one really does this type of story better than Kate Morton. The bones of a good story were here, and I did enjoy reading this book. It is just that the stories were cobbled together a bit randomly, with no real cohesion. The big emotional moments at the end did fall rather flat, as everything was much too quickly resolved. If the author had perhaps spent more time on plotting her connections between the characters, and a few more pages on the ending, it would have been a great book, as she is a good writer.
This is historical fiction, set in England spanning from the 2nd World War to the 80s. In the 80s, Sarah and Nicky are getting ready for their wedding, when Sarah disappears without a word to anyone, calling the wedding off.
It turns out that Sarah and Nicky's families knew each other when they were younger. The past starts to come to the forefront, as each family must deal with their past secrets and histories.
I see that this is recommended for fans of Kate Morton. There are of course similarities, but no one really does this type of story better than Kate Morton. The bones of a good story were here, and I did enjoy reading this book. It is just that the stories were cobbled together a bit randomly, with no real cohesion. The big emotional moments at the end did fall rather flat, as everything was much too quickly resolved. If the author had perhaps spent more time on plotting her connections between the characters, and a few more pages on the ending, it would have been a great book, as she is a good writer.