4.5 At first I wasn't sure if I was going to like this as I was unfamiliar with the time period and the historical events the author was writing about. But as I snuggled further under my blankets I found 2 1/2 hours had past and I was almost 1/2 way through with this wonderful book.Kearsley does a ...
4.5 At first I wasn't sure if I was going to like this as I was unfamiliar with the time period and the historical events the author was writing about. But as I snuggled further under my blankets I found 2 1/2 hours had past and I was almost 1/2 way through with this wonderful book.Kearsley does a ...
There are spoilers beyond this point, I'm not doing spoiler tags because I'm lazy and I don't think any of them are major spoilersI loved how the past seamlessly flowed into the past. I've not read a book that has a author writing about the past while they try to learn all they can about that time. ...
I'm calling a DNF on this. I'm finding it incredibly dull. I see a lot of 5 star reviews so I can only assume the ending is phenomenal, so perhaps I'll revisit it some other time. But for now, I have to put it aside.
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley really seemed like a book I would love as it dealt with a part of Scottish history that I was not familiar with. I had not read a book set in Scotland before and was eager to get started on this novel after reading the fascinating blurb. "In the spring of 1708...
The Winter Sea is a story told in two times: contemporary (1st person) timeline and a time set 300 years in the past (3rd person). The author managed to weave the two story lines together in a believable manner. I fell in love with several of the characters, renewed my solemn vow to visit Scotland...
I have been a fan of Barbara Michaels since I first discovered reissues of her books in high school. I love the manner in which her books blend past and present, capturing both the most romantic and most mysterious qualities of history. Historical purists may cringe, but there's something about the ...
Considering the back and forth between now and then which normally fustrates me, i rather enjoyed this. I liked both the current day settings with Graham and the historical sections which focused on Sofia. Spoilers ahead...That said, what was the whole point in the Stuart and Captain Gordon interest...
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