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A review by fonril
The Lost Girls of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
2.0
Romantic fiction is not my thing but sometimes I like to give a book a chance.
Newly-widowed Lydia and her daughter Sunny find themselves having to leave their plush home in Dublin to move to the coastguard cottage Lydia's great-aunt Nellie left to her. They have to create a new life among the small community of Sandy Cove in County Kerry, where everybody knows everybody else's business.
I'm conflicted as to what verdict to give on this book. I did find it enjoyable to read but maybe in the way that sometimes I find myself enjoying a celebrity magazine, it passes time and draws the occasional smile but I know I could be reading far better quality reading material.
The title "The Lost Girls of Ireland" seems rather too grand a statement for what the story is. An opportunity is missed in not telling the story of Great-Aunt Nellie and her dalliance with a German whose plane crash landed in 1944. The depiction of the residents of Sandy Cove - all seemingly related to each other - is all a bit twee and the romance in the book is very cheesy.
I'm sure there are people will love it, if that formulaic Mills & Boon kind of romantic novel is your thing, then I can see the appeal.
I'm not even ruling out reading another of the books in this series, god knows sometimes I need a firebreak in between books dealing with darker subjects or requiring more of my concentration.
It had potential but feels like something that follows a formula which gets it out there quicker but misses the chance to have really created a depth of story and character.
Newly-widowed Lydia and her daughter Sunny find themselves having to leave their plush home in Dublin to move to the coastguard cottage Lydia's great-aunt Nellie left to her. They have to create a new life among the small community of Sandy Cove in County Kerry, where everybody knows everybody else's business.
I'm conflicted as to what verdict to give on this book. I did find it enjoyable to read but maybe in the way that sometimes I find myself enjoying a celebrity magazine, it passes time and draws the occasional smile but I know I could be reading far better quality reading material.
The title "The Lost Girls of Ireland" seems rather too grand a statement for what the story is. An opportunity is missed in not telling the story of Great-Aunt Nellie and her dalliance with a German whose plane crash landed in 1944. The depiction of the residents of Sandy Cove - all seemingly related to each other - is all a bit twee and the romance in the book is very cheesy.
I'm sure there are people will love it, if that formulaic Mills & Boon kind of romantic novel is your thing, then I can see the appeal.
I'm not even ruling out reading another of the books in this series, god knows sometimes I need a firebreak in between books dealing with darker subjects or requiring more of my concentration.
It had potential but feels like something that follows a formula which gets it out there quicker but misses the chance to have really created a depth of story and character.