A review by wyemu
The Mathematics of Love by Emma Darwin

4.0

Not strictly speaking the intertwining of two love stories over 150 years apart that the write up on the back offers, however, this is a story of love and the two main protagonists are separated by more than 150 years. Stephen Fairhurst is a veteran of Wellington's army while Anna Ware is a precocious fifteen year old spending her summer with the uncle and grandmother she's been foisted on by her absent mother. Darwin's talent lies in traversing these worlds with no more than a line break between them and her use of language, moving from the reserved language of Stephen's time to the modern and open language of Anna, is flawless. Even if the book description is misleading it is more then made up for by Darwin's writing.