by Hannah Richell
DNF after around 265 pages. This is a book that I should have quite right from the beginning. I just couldn't get into the story. But, I was tenacious and decided that I would not quite. But, then I started to really loathe Kate and not even Lila's storyline worked for me in the end. This book was j...
In 1980, five friends about to graduate from college decide to get away together one last time. However, when it comes time to return from the idyllic college they visit, none of them are ready to go. They eventually come up with a plan to try roughing it off the grid at the cottage for the next yea...
The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell is our book for the month of May at Shereads.org. The story follows a group of college students who want to escape the realities of adulthood for just a bit longer and also a woman who is struggling to regain her strength after a loss. The past and present are eve...
With so much of the narrative occurring in a remote northern area of the United Kingdom, the challenge for Ms. Richell comes in providing detailed descriptions of the setting without getting bogged down into minute details or without distracting from the main drama. To say she succeeds in this balan...
First of all thank you kindly to Hannah Richell and Orion for arranging a review copy of this book when I added it to my wishlist. I was very grateful as it had really caught my eye. And rightly so it turns out... 1980. Five friends, not quite ready to embark on life in the fast lane having finished...
Received news that I've amazingly won this book through the First Reads giveaway! Looking forward to it arriving.Review to come!
Hannah Richell’s debut, Secrets of the Tides, was a keeper for me. I subscribed to Hannah’s posts so when I saw that The Shadow Year was coming out I was VERY excited!We begin with an ‘otherworldly’ prologue. It’s very dreamlike. I wanted to know who it was out on the lake and why didn’t she know...
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