This thoroughly original and compelling story absolutely amazed me in its depth and complexity. To read it is to enter an Aladdin’s Cave of story drenched in a world gone by and a setting filled with dark magic and intense flavor. To have come up with this
Read more →Such a charming and unique story, with characters I am so glad I’ve met. (Plus set in modern-day Scotland–with tango–as a lagniappe!) Filled with heart (no pun intended–okay, maybe a little) and life in all its ups and downs, unflinchingly honest with herself Ailsa and her funny,
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If I have ever read a character I love more then Joshua Park, I can’t recall it! My heart absolutely broke for this wonderful man, and Lauren was just terrific. Kristan Higgins has been one of my favorite authors for a long time, but I selfishly didn’t
Read more →Such fun! The charm of dotty English characters is my happy place (though of course they are so much more than dotty.) Both Eileen Cottons, grandmother and granddaughter, are remarkable protagonists for this story of love and loss, of growing and changing, of finding your best self
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Such a remarkable work—and such a labor of love to research and recreate the world of the Oxford English Dictionary! Esme is a character I will carry with me for a very long time, and I am so glad I had a chance to encounter and immerse
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