Author: Lulu Taylor
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Pan
Publication Date: 28th November 2019
Rating: 5 Stars
One family across two generations.
A marriage marred by trauma and infidelity.
Lives marked by death, divorce and a shattered family.
A dark secret at the heart of a tragedy.
Now the Pengelly family reunites around the sickbed of David, a beloved husband and father, to confront the emotions and the secrets that have divided them over the years.
Set around the beautiful wildness of Tawray, a house near the Cornish coast, A Midwinter Promise by bestselling author Lulu Taylor, is a dramatic story of loss, grief and the legacy of secrets. It is also a tale of reconciliation and renewal.
A marriage marred by trauma and infidelity.
Lives marked by death, divorce and a shattered family.
A dark secret at the heart of a tragedy.
Now the Pengelly family reunites around the sickbed of David, a beloved husband and father, to confront the emotions and the secrets that have divided them over the years.
Set around the beautiful wildness of Tawray, a house near the Cornish coast, A Midwinter Promise by bestselling author Lulu Taylor, is a dramatic story of loss, grief and the legacy of secrets. It is also a tale of reconciliation and renewal.
A Midwinter Promise is a book that has utterly consumed me, for the last however long I have been oblivious to my life, while I had to finished the book in one just the one more sitting, and that was from around 40% onwards. And the second I hit part 2, well I knew my day was doomed until I had finished the book.
Just wow, such fabulous writing, it really got under my skin as we get to see in dual time lines the history of the Pengelly family at Tawray, a bit Cornish house.
I was fascinated by Julia's story from childhood onwards, seeing how she changed, how her own mother affected her deeper than anyone realised, her marriage to David, friendship with Sally and her struggles with pregnancy.
There are themes of mental health and demons and addiction even within these sections all written sensitively and in a way that you felt as though the author had really done some research. I was completely and utterly gripped and had a few of my own theories.
And then at the same time me meet Julia and David's now grown up children, and their families as David is on his sickbed. We learn about their relationship over the years with their stepmother and stepbrother, and how it has affected them.
I just found this a compulsive book to read, I needed more of it and I need it faster than I could read the words. I was utterly addicted as I read about this family across the years. I perhaps was more enthralled by the Julia's story, but that may be because it was still having an effect on the present day family.
I am starting to think that Lulu Taylor is becoming better and better with each book, and this was no exception. Utterly gripping and left me practically speechless.
Thank you to Pan on Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Just wow, such fabulous writing, it really got under my skin as we get to see in dual time lines the history of the Pengelly family at Tawray, a bit Cornish house.
I was fascinated by Julia's story from childhood onwards, seeing how she changed, how her own mother affected her deeper than anyone realised, her marriage to David, friendship with Sally and her struggles with pregnancy.
There are themes of mental health and demons and addiction even within these sections all written sensitively and in a way that you felt as though the author had really done some research. I was completely and utterly gripped and had a few of my own theories.
And then at the same time me meet Julia and David's now grown up children, and their families as David is on his sickbed. We learn about their relationship over the years with their stepmother and stepbrother, and how it has affected them.
I just found this a compulsive book to read, I needed more of it and I need it faster than I could read the words. I was utterly addicted as I read about this family across the years. I perhaps was more enthralled by the Julia's story, but that may be because it was still having an effect on the present day family.
I am starting to think that Lulu Taylor is becoming better and better with each book, and this was no exception. Utterly gripping and left me practically speechless.
Thank you to Pan on Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
I loved that one too! x
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