A review by septemberheartflakes
The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy

3.0

Let’s not say goodbye. We’ll just say, “I’ll be seeing you.”

This is the kind of book you read because of the setting. Yes, it was set in World War II era in Scotland but Loch Ewe described by Lexie and Flora was just a wonderful escape every time I open this book.

The Skylark's secret is about a daughter who was disappointed by her dreams in London and went back to her home town. Humbled and now a single mother herself, she started to embark on a quest to learn her mother's story in 1946.

The switch of time between past and present was smooth in this book. I did not feel ripped from any chapter, instead transported from one era to another as if guided through a dedicated path. I was equally interested with both Flora and Lexie's story and when the ending finally joined in the end, it was satisfying. It was as if Flora and Lexie was in Loch Ewe in the same timeline.

Yes, they were things that I don't agree about but that is how life works. You don't always agree with everyone's decision, in the end you're only the outsider, the reader.

Oh, and Daisy the toddler is a sweetheart. Every scene of hers made me smile a little.