Written by Paula Brackson, author of The Winter Witch, this novel follows Xanthe as she and her mother move to a small town in England to get away from their pasts and focus on their antique shop. But, Xanthe has a unique gift in which some items “sing” to her and tell her the stories of their previous owners. Or, in this case, take her back to them.
First of all, this was an enjoyable and well written novel that focused on one character and what she was learning.
With that, this was also a very slow paced novel in which we didn’t meet some of the important/main characters until over 100 pages in. And I mean learn there names, we met them in the first few chapters, its just that the characters didn’t interact directly.
This isn’t a bad thing in a novel, but it isn’t a great thing either. It left me feeling a little meh until I got into the meat of the story. Okay, that was a lot of meet/meat.
If you enjoyed her other novels, and enjoy historical fiction with some fantasy elements (this isn’t a fantasy novel) with sweet romance, this would be a good choice for you. If you hate anything to do with romance and want sword fighting, perhaps keep moving on. Otherwise, I think almost anyone could enjoy this particular story.
