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A review by portybelle
The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector
4.0
Imagine finding a long forgotten room full of beautiful costumes and then finding an incredible diamond and emerald necklace in the pocket of one of the jackets. That is what happens to Alice, a young intern at at Bonjour Paris, a magazine for ex-pats. Well of course, you’d be curious to find out more as was Alice and so she sets out to find out the history of this amazing necklace with the help of her friends.
There are quite a lot of characters in the book, all bringing their own strengths, weaknesses and insecurities to the story. To mention a few, there is Alexander, a perfumier from Iceland, Daphne struggling a bit with her marriage, Jacob, an American writer and Elise who has quite a few secrets of her own. I enjoyed getting to know them all. I also enjoyed the chapters set in the past where we hear from some of the rather famous previous owners of the necklace and how it passed from one owner to another.
I had expected The Honeybee Emeralds to have more of a historical slant than it did but found instead that it was more of an contemporary adventure story. I started off thinking it was a bit like Enid Blyton for grown-ups with Alice and her friends uncovering clues to find out more about the necklace. Towards the end though it put me in mind of an Agatha Christie with a mystery to solve rather than a murder, and suspicion falling on the actions of many of the characters.
With intrigue, glamour, friendship and danger, The Honeybee Emeralds is a really fun and enjoyable read!
There are quite a lot of characters in the book, all bringing their own strengths, weaknesses and insecurities to the story. To mention a few, there is Alexander, a perfumier from Iceland, Daphne struggling a bit with her marriage, Jacob, an American writer and Elise who has quite a few secrets of her own. I enjoyed getting to know them all. I also enjoyed the chapters set in the past where we hear from some of the rather famous previous owners of the necklace and how it passed from one owner to another.
I had expected The Honeybee Emeralds to have more of a historical slant than it did but found instead that it was more of an contemporary adventure story. I started off thinking it was a bit like Enid Blyton for grown-ups with Alice and her friends uncovering clues to find out more about the necklace. Towards the end though it put me in mind of an Agatha Christie with a mystery to solve rather than a murder, and suspicion falling on the actions of many of the characters.
With intrigue, glamour, friendship and danger, The Honeybee Emeralds is a really fun and enjoyable read!