Book Review - A Secret Cornish Wish by Ali McNamara - #HolidayReading Cyprus

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Title: A Secret Cornish Wish

Author: Ali McNamara

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Sphere

Publication Date: 4th July 2024

Rating: 5 Stars

The brand-new escapist summer romance from bestselling author Ali McNamara. Return to the Cornish shores of St Felix and fall in love . . .

What if one summer could change your life?

For Frankie and her five best friends growing up on the glorious beaches of Cornwall's St Felix, life couldn't get any better. Late one night, the friends discover an old box washed up on the shores and they learn the tale of the St Felix mermaid who grants wishes to those who find her treasure. Even though they know it's just Cornish folkore, the friends decide to make a wish for what they each want out of life - most importantly, they want to always be together . . .

Over the course of the next few decades, as weddings, funerals, birthdays and more bring the friends back together, lost loves, broken promises and buried secrets just as quickly tear them apart. But when they reunite one last time in St Felix, will it be for good? And will their wishes finally be revealed?

Given I just autobuy and know I want to read anything with Ali McNamara's name on it, I hadn't realised until I opened this one that we ere back in the rather magical setting of St. Felix. 

And as a long time fan of these St Felix books I knew instantly that there would be some inexplicable occurrences. 

What I didn't realise until I read this was that mermaids are 100% real and that I'm a complete believer in them and their wish giving properties. 

We join Frankie and her group of misfit mermaids at key points over their lives from being teens, all the way through until they turn 50 

All told from Frankie's view point we get to know all the stories of her friendship group, And I loved getting to know all of her friends,  

And discovering whether their wishes really will come true or not.  

There is excellent character development and the magic of the setting is weaved in perfectly 

And I loved references to some of Ali's other characters, always good to see they haven't been forgotten. 

An absolute joy to read from start to finish, this may have you crying, it will certainly have you smiling and it might even turn you into a believer. 

Thank you Sphere and Netgalley for this book which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.