Helpful Score: 1
This is the third book that I have read by Freeman and she does know how to spin a tale. Sure the main character is a bit naive, but possibly not due to her age and time period. Freeman's writing flows, book is easy to read, good story lines and satisfying finish.
After really enjoying both the previous Kimberley Freeman novels I've read, I'm sorry to say I found EMBER ISLAND a surprising disappointment.
This one felt very uninspired. Both the past and present-day narratives were slow to start, featured rather annoying main characters and were repetitive to a fault. With Nina in the present-day storyline being especially so! A bestselling novelist suffering from writer's block (and for good reason as it turns out!) perhaps reflects the author's own experience writing this book...
The romances with both women were very cliché and of the "now I know my ABCs" Harlequin variety. What can I say? I was bored.
So while this in no way puts me off Kimberley Freeman, I would wholeheartedly recommend WILDFLOWER HILL or EVERGREEN FALLS instead.
2.75 stars.
This one felt very uninspired. Both the past and present-day narratives were slow to start, featured rather annoying main characters and were repetitive to a fault. With Nina in the present-day storyline being especially so! A bestselling novelist suffering from writer's block (and for good reason as it turns out!) perhaps reflects the author's own experience writing this book...
The romances with both women were very cliché and of the "now I know my ABCs" Harlequin variety. What can I say? I was bored.
So while this in no way puts me off Kimberley Freeman, I would wholeheartedly recommend WILDFLOWER HILL or EVERGREEN FALLS instead.
2.75 stars.
