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Out of the Blue
Will going back to a past love end up destroying everything?
When Liv Callaghan inherits her grandmother’s cottage in Cork, Ireland, it offers escape from London and her marriage to her alcoholic husband Douglas. She travels back to the beautiful place where she spent idyllic childhood summer holidays. She learns to enjoy the challenge of living in the rustic cottage, which is without electricity or running water. But looming over her is a family secret that curtailed the summer visits of her youth.
Unexpectedly she meets her first love, Aidan. But he’s married now and lives locally with his family. Twenty years ago he broke her heart, so what happens when they get the chance to rekindle their relationship? Can you ever go back and what are the consequences for those close to you?
When Liv Callaghan inherits her grandmother’s cottage in Cork, Ireland, it offers escape from London and her marriage to her alcoholic husband Douglas. She travels back to the beautiful place where she spent idyllic childhood summer holidays. She learns to enjoy the challenge of living in the rustic cottage, which is without electricity or running water. But looming over her is a family secret that curtailed the summer visits of her youth.
Unexpectedly she meets her first love, Aidan. But he’s married now and lives locally with his family. Twenty years ago he broke her heart, so what happens when they get the chance to rekindle their relationship? Can you ever go back and what are the consequences for those close to you?
201 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 30, 2007
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Gretta Mulrooney
40 books130 followersGretta Mulrooney (1952-2023) was a British author of mystery, thriller, and crime novels. Born and raised in London to Irish parents, Mulrooney began publishing novels in her 30s, working with publishers such as Poolberg Press, Harper Collins, and Joffre Books.
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November 12, 2020
Wonderful, realistic love story set in an Irish glen.
"Love is the most selfish of all the passions" ~ Alexandre Dumas
Liv Callaghan works as a librarian in London. She is married to Douglas, a doctor - and a drunk. Douglas drains all the love out of their marriage by his drinking. She is fed up of the humiliations, excuses, disappointments, and despair his drinking has generated. When she receives word that she has inherited her grandmother's rustic cottage in south-west Ireland, she views the bequest as serendipity. A perfect chance to escape Douglas - a time to clear her mind and think.
"There were always the words you spoke, concealing the ones you swallowed, those words that sank down to your chest and lay there sullenly."
When she arrives, crossing the quaint, hump-backed bridge, the cottage is exactly as she remembers from her childhood. Glenkeen is rustic and magical. The rustic is comprised of no electricity or running water. The magical is the serene surroundings, the bracing fresh air, the silence, and the marvelous waters from the old well.
Liv discovers an Uncle Owen she had all but forgotten. They get along famously and she is delighted to have a relationship with him. It is from Owen that she learns some long hidden family secrets.
"She feels lighter, unburdened.
There are time when she finds herself smiling for no reason."
Just when Liv is settling in nicely, getting her head together by new routines in a simpler life, she meets her first love, Aiden. Somehow it seems right. Right time, right place. Though they are both now married to other people, their love seems unchanged from their university days. Who would have thought she would rediscover him again HERE?
"Memory lane is an enticing place but not necessarily pleasant."
Aiden left his stressful computer-related career in England to move here to Ireland with his wife Maeve and their wee daughter, Carmel. He uprooted his family to become a market farmer. He relishes his work tending his garden and then selling his produce at the market stalls in Castlegrey. He adores Carmel, who is a precocious old soul in a child's body.
Liv and Aiden know that by rekindling their love, they are heading for trouble. Now other people are involved. People who will suffer greatly by their treasured happiness. When the inevitable happens, and their love is discovered, what will become of them?
I read this novel in two sittings. I WAS Liv. I WAS living in that Irish cottage. It takes skillful writing to so immerse the reader in the written word. This is not a romance novel. The love is somehow more mature, the ending not necessarily happy... Would I recommend this novel? For sure! I loved it!
I requested this novel from NetGalley on the strength of a previous novel by the same author that I really enjoyed. "The lady vanished", a mystery, was a favorite as well. Guess I've found another favorite author!
"Love is the most selfish of all the passions" ~ Alexandre Dumas
Liv Callaghan works as a librarian in London. She is married to Douglas, a doctor - and a drunk. Douglas drains all the love out of their marriage by his drinking. She is fed up of the humiliations, excuses, disappointments, and despair his drinking has generated. When she receives word that she has inherited her grandmother's rustic cottage in south-west Ireland, she views the bequest as serendipity. A perfect chance to escape Douglas - a time to clear her mind and think.
"There were always the words you spoke, concealing the ones you swallowed, those words that sank down to your chest and lay there sullenly."
When she arrives, crossing the quaint, hump-backed bridge, the cottage is exactly as she remembers from her childhood. Glenkeen is rustic and magical. The rustic is comprised of no electricity or running water. The magical is the serene surroundings, the bracing fresh air, the silence, and the marvelous waters from the old well.
Liv discovers an Uncle Owen she had all but forgotten. They get along famously and she is delighted to have a relationship with him. It is from Owen that she learns some long hidden family secrets.
"She feels lighter, unburdened.
There are time when she finds herself smiling for no reason."
Just when Liv is settling in nicely, getting her head together by new routines in a simpler life, she meets her first love, Aiden. Somehow it seems right. Right time, right place. Though they are both now married to other people, their love seems unchanged from their university days. Who would have thought she would rediscover him again HERE?
"Memory lane is an enticing place but not necessarily pleasant."
Aiden left his stressful computer-related career in England to move here to Ireland with his wife Maeve and their wee daughter, Carmel. He uprooted his family to become a market farmer. He relishes his work tending his garden and then selling his produce at the market stalls in Castlegrey. He adores Carmel, who is a precocious old soul in a child's body.
Liv and Aiden know that by rekindling their love, they are heading for trouble. Now other people are involved. People who will suffer greatly by their treasured happiness. When the inevitable happens, and their love is discovered, what will become of them?
I read this novel in two sittings. I WAS Liv. I WAS living in that Irish cottage. It takes skillful writing to so immerse the reader in the written word. This is not a romance novel. The love is somehow more mature, the ending not necessarily happy... Would I recommend this novel? For sure! I loved it!
I requested this novel from NetGalley on the strength of a previous novel by the same author that I really enjoyed. "The lady vanished", a mystery, was a favorite as well. Guess I've found another favorite author!
March 29, 2016
At first I was annoyed by the book because the author has this weird thing against using contractions; it made the writing very stuffy and... Just weird to read because it felt out of place. Also I'm not a big fan of present tense writing but that's just a personal preference.
Anyway, I stuck it out and then I fell in love with this book. I was able to ignore the spelling mistakes, the lack of contractions, and the missing punctuation. The imagery and the descriptions in this story are just absolutely stunning. The sensory details are beautiful in all the memories and the way the characters describe things. It's just beautiful writing in that regard and I fell in love with the romantic, simple life Liv got to live.
Butttttttt then came the ending. I have never glared so hard at my kindle before. I was so exasperated. All that lead up. All that emotion. All that planning and cuteness and passion and hope andddddd then (spoilers) she just leaves. Not a lot of explanation. Just leaves the life that she fell in love with and the man she was planning her future with. Like??? The last few pages were garbage. I get that not all stories have a happy ending but at least give a bit more explanation for the sad ending, and maybe make it a little more believable and less sudden?? I am so annoyed by this ending because I feel like I wasted my time with the book. I struggled through the bad grammar, then fell in love with the imagery and the story... And then everything just dissolves into a puddle of trash. Just trash :(
Anyway, I stuck it out and then I fell in love with this book. I was able to ignore the spelling mistakes, the lack of contractions, and the missing punctuation. The imagery and the descriptions in this story are just absolutely stunning. The sensory details are beautiful in all the memories and the way the characters describe things. It's just beautiful writing in that regard and I fell in love with the romantic, simple life Liv got to live.
Butttttttt then came the ending. I have never glared so hard at my kindle before. I was so exasperated. All that lead up. All that emotion. All that planning and cuteness and passion and hope andddddd then (spoilers) she just leaves. Not a lot of explanation. Just leaves the life that she fell in love with and the man she was planning her future with. Like??? The last few pages were garbage. I get that not all stories have a happy ending but at least give a bit more explanation for the sad ending, and maybe make it a little more believable and less sudden?? I am so annoyed by this ending because I feel like I wasted my time with the book. I struggled through the bad grammar, then fell in love with the imagery and the story... And then everything just dissolves into a puddle of trash. Just trash :(
April 7, 2017
I am having many conflicting feelings about this book. I just finished it and feel let down by the author. I was glad Liv was so lucky to have inherited her grandmother's cottage in Ireland at just the right point in her life. She was in a marriage of fairly long duration (though I don't think I ever learned her age) to an alcoholic doctor in London. When the book begins, he has sunk about as far as an alcoholic can fall. Liv has spent years cleaning up his messes. Then she had the good fortune to inherit the cottage and enough time alone there to learn to live again. I admired her courage at the same being so very frustrated that it took her so long to leave her horribly dysfunctional marriage. Then she is surprised to find the one true love of her life living in the same small town. Aiden had broken up with her after college when just suddenly announced he didn't want to be tied down, that he wanted to travel. She was devastated and he spent years feeling guilty and regretful. After she comes to Ireland Liv learns he was living there as well, that he was married and has a 9 or 10 year old daughter, and that he never stopped loving Liv. He had left his successful career in England, uprooted his wife and child, to move to his wife's native Ireland to become a vegetable grower and seller at the town market (mid-life crisis!). Predictably, Aiden finds Liv, they both realize they are still in love, and begin planning how they can make a life together. Although it is looming in the distance, they ignore the predictable disaster of breaking up two marriages and the impact of this on his child. Without giving too much away I'll just say the outcome is not what either of them expects or wants. I was disappointed at the abruptness of the ending. It didn't feel authentic. It was as if the author decided she wanted to get out of a messy situation by abandoning the characters in midstream. All that said I did think her writing was good, she was able to convey a beautiful sense of place, the peace Liv found in her grandmother's cottage, and the rekindling of love between Aiden and Liv.
February 14, 2016
I got an early release of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
In short, the book is about Liv, who lives in London with an alcoholic husband, Douglas. Although she loves him, rescuing him over and over after drunken incidents is surely getting to her. So, when she inherits her Grandmother's cottage in Ireland, it's a good reason to get away from Douglas and spend some time at the cottage in Ireland. What she doesn't count with is to run into her first love, who dumped her 20 years ago, because he just couldn't commit. Now he is married and has a daughter. This plot is nothing unique, nor are the characters in the story. There is a big family secret hinted to throughout the book, but when it is revealed what it is, it's really also nothing so unusual. The characters are just mediocre, I didn't feel a strong connection to any of them. The ending leaves some loose ends, which I don't have a problem with, the reader can decide for themselves. Overall, this is a quick read, nothing special.
In short, the book is about Liv, who lives in London with an alcoholic husband, Douglas. Although she loves him, rescuing him over and over after drunken incidents is surely getting to her. So, when she inherits her Grandmother's cottage in Ireland, it's a good reason to get away from Douglas and spend some time at the cottage in Ireland. What she doesn't count with is to run into her first love, who dumped her 20 years ago, because he just couldn't commit. Now he is married and has a daughter. This plot is nothing unique, nor are the characters in the story. There is a big family secret hinted to throughout the book, but when it is revealed what it is, it's really also nothing so unusual. The characters are just mediocre, I didn't feel a strong connection to any of them. The ending leaves some loose ends, which I don't have a problem with, the reader can decide for themselves. Overall, this is a quick read, nothing special.
February 15, 2016
Liv Callaghan inherits her grandmothers cottage in Cork and desperate to escape her alcoholic husband Douglas she leaves for the very basic life and her memories of happy childhood summers there.
She soon fits in and is welcomed by the local community but then she meets Aiden her first love. He is now married and living locally with his family but is the old spark there and can they resist it and what secrets are there lurking in the background?
A very good book with some great characters and I am always a sucker for the Irish stories
She soon fits in and is welcomed by the local community but then she meets Aiden her first love. He is now married and living locally with his family but is the old spark there and can they resist it and what secrets are there lurking in the background?
A very good book with some great characters and I am always a sucker for the Irish stories
April 9, 2016
The author's writing made me feel as though I was in Ireland and made me yearn for a thatched cottage of my own. The emotional ups and downs of the characters crept into my own emotions. I wanted to be there to feel the love found once again yet knowing it came with heartbreaks. The ending (if it is) left me wanting to know the next chapter. But maybe I already do know...
March 16, 2016
This book was definitely a page turner until it just...STOPPED. I saw "the end" and almost could not believe it. Disappointing and thus only a three-star rating. I doubt I will read anything else by the author as I felt the reader was really left hanging and I found that frustrating.
May 20, 2016
I would happily give this book a 4 but then it is better than a 4, although maybe not quite amazing. The story of Liv 'enduring' life with her doctor husband, Douglas, in the beginning and putting up with his alcoholism was quite typical of that common situation. When Liv discovers that her Nanna has left her a family cottage in Cork, Ireland in her will, I became really interested in the story. I loved that the author explained all the little details of 'life in the country cottage' with no running water, no electricity, no indoor bathroom, no central heating, etc. Covering all the details surrounding this way of life really brought the story and the environment 'alive' to me and brought back so many memories of my own life, though not in Ireland, and made me long to see the Irish countryside.
Now the main plot of the story - Wow, who would have thought something like this would happen? It's hard to imagine that two adults would be faced with a dilemma like this and even harder to imagine that they think they can get away with it in a little country community where everyone knows everyone else's business and where there is a busybody, gossiping woman like Eileen. My heart really ached for all the characters, Liv, Douglas, Maeve, Aidan, Carmelita, Owen, Edith, and yes, even Eileen, as various incidents in the story turned their lives upside down.
A well-done story written with 'taste' and some interesting and unexpected turns. I will definitely read more from this author.
One of my favourite quotes: 'The afternoon is hot with a light breeze as she drives back. The car speeds along the roads, the sun glancing through the windows, warming her face. There are drifts of dandelion in the air, white dancing fluff. They look like hope.' MULROONEY, GRETTA (2016-01-29). OUT OF THE BLUE a gripping novel of love lost and found (Kindle Locations 1364-1365). — May 17, 2016 06:38PM
Now the main plot of the story - Wow, who would have thought something like this would happen? It's hard to imagine that two adults would be faced with a dilemma like this and even harder to imagine that they think they can get away with it in a little country community where everyone knows everyone else's business and where there is a busybody, gossiping woman like Eileen. My heart really ached for all the characters, Liv, Douglas, Maeve, Aidan, Carmelita, Owen, Edith, and yes, even Eileen, as various incidents in the story turned their lives upside down.
A well-done story written with 'taste' and some interesting and unexpected turns. I will definitely read more from this author.
One of my favourite quotes: 'The afternoon is hot with a light breeze as she drives back. The car speeds along the roads, the sun glancing through the windows, warming her face. There are drifts of dandelion in the air, white dancing fluff. They look like hope.' MULROONEY, GRETTA (2016-01-29). OUT OF THE BLUE a gripping novel of love lost and found (Kindle Locations 1364-1365). — May 17, 2016 06:38PM
April 2, 2016
Great Story - Shame About the Ending
The story, like The Lost Child, is very well- written with characters who are as individual as people are in real life.
The setting is described beautifully, you can almost see it.
I would love to give this book five stars and right to the end, I felt it thoroughly deserved it. However, because of excerpts from her other books, my Kindle was still showing over ten percent of the story remaining when it just finished very abruptly. Like Gretta Mulrooney's other book, it left me feeling dissatisfied and a bit let down. I wanted to know what happened to the characters.
I would still recommend this lovely book to anyone who enjoys stories about real people and not chic lit.
The story, like The Lost Child, is very well- written with characters who are as individual as people are in real life.
The setting is described beautifully, you can almost see it.
I would love to give this book five stars and right to the end, I felt it thoroughly deserved it. However, because of excerpts from her other books, my Kindle was still showing over ten percent of the story remaining when it just finished very abruptly. Like Gretta Mulrooney's other book, it left me feeling dissatisfied and a bit let down. I wanted to know what happened to the characters.
I would still recommend this lovely book to anyone who enjoys stories about real people and not chic lit.
May 1, 2016
Good fiction doesn't always have the ending that is perceived as the story unfolds but this one left me with many loose ends. The grandmother's Irish culture and perceptions of the world she lived in was believable. The home being an old Irish homestead that had never been updated much was also believable but the characters were left hanging as well as the fate of the cottage and the land around it. I was left with this feeling of total detachment. I felt the main characters were not very realistic in the expectations for their affair and that at the end the story just fell flat. This was my first book by this author and unless I read good reviews of her other books, probably my last.
August 15, 2016
The author writes in present tense, not the norm for a novel, necessarily. After the first couple of chapters, I managed to adjust to the style and enjoy the book. This is not a sappy romance novel, rather, it is an exploration of one's place in life, a longing for the simplicity of young love, a realization that things are never the same. It is a book in which the characters are desperately seeking to find themselves in a better place, latching on to hope, pretending they are carefree.
If you desire to read a romance novel, this is not it. If you want something a bit more thoughtful this may satisfy.
If you desire to read a romance novel, this is not it. If you want something a bit more thoughtful this may satisfy.
March 10, 2016
I liked the book, and it is a well-written story, but I am always looking for happily ever after. Some would argue that this book had one, but I will always wish that it had ended differently. I'm certain that many, (if not most), readers would think that "doing the right thing" should always be the happy ending, but I don't agree. Many times in life, it is necessary to put one's own needs ahead of one's own. I get that, and I do that. But I don't think it is the right thing for any person to give up their own happiness for the happiness of another.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 24, 2016
Just ok
This must be volume 1 of a series. I was enjoying it reasonably well, despite its predictability, when it just ended. If there's one thing I dislike, it's a contrived cliffhanger ending.
Woman leaves alcoholic husband, travels from England to Irish village, moves into the cottage left to her by her grandmother, and runs into her first love. This ends abruptly, mid-decision, and I'm not interested enough to read another volume to find out what happens next. I'm fine with series, as long as each time can stand on its own merits. This one doesn't.
This must be volume 1 of a series. I was enjoying it reasonably well, despite its predictability, when it just ended. If there's one thing I dislike, it's a contrived cliffhanger ending.
Woman leaves alcoholic husband, travels from England to Irish village, moves into the cottage left to her by her grandmother, and runs into her first love. This ends abruptly, mid-decision, and I'm not interested enough to read another volume to find out what happens next. I'm fine with series, as long as each time can stand on its own merits. This one doesn't.
March 17, 2016
Out of the Blue.....sometimes things just happen...out of the blue....like abrupt endings.....like trying to rekindle love from a time gone by....
Did I enjoy reading this book? Well....the scenery of the book was beautifully written....I wanted to visit the cottage Liv inherited from her grandmother... with that said, I wanted to put the book down and walk away many times but I trudged on until the ending....
Did I enjoy reading this book? Well....the scenery of the book was beautifully written....I wanted to visit the cottage Liv inherited from her grandmother... with that said, I wanted to put the book down and walk away many times but I trudged on until the ending....
May 10, 2016
I really didn't care for the plot of this book as I have hard and unflinching feelings in regard to the two main topics - and I really didn't like any of the characters. That being said the author did bring out some interesting points (?) not the word I want but the right word escapes me right now, in regard to those two topics that redeemed the book for me. I did like her writing style so I am going to read some more from her.
June 16, 2016
Disappointing and Depressing
If you are "the other woman", or thinking of becoming one, this might be a good book for you to read, to consider the consequences of your actions. Since I don't fall in either of those categories, I found it to be depressing. I can watch the news if I want to be depressed.
If you are "the other woman", or thinking of becoming one, this might be a good book for you to read, to consider the consequences of your actions. Since I don't fall in either of those categories, I found it to be depressing. I can watch the news if I want to be depressed.
March 7, 2016
Out of the blue
Liv inherits her grandmothers cottage. She travels to Ireland to check out her inheritance and get away from her alcoholic husband. Her first love is now living in Ireland and she meets up with him. Things do not turn out so well for her, tho.
Liv inherits her grandmothers cottage. She travels to Ireland to check out her inheritance and get away from her alcoholic husband. Her first love is now living in Ireland and she meets up with him. Things do not turn out so well for her, tho.
March 19, 2016
This story was hard to get into, but once it got going, I was hooked. However, I was HIGHLY disappointed with the ending! It makes me not want to read her second book, which has nothing to do with this one. I don't like to be left hanging in a story!
March 27, 2016
Michelle Rouch
I thoroughly enjoyed OUT OF THE BLUE . It is an unusual story of lost love. I found it a real page Turner and didn't want to put it down. The book deals with alcoholism and the pain it inflicts. I recommend this book to all readers it definitely won't disappoint.
I thoroughly enjoyed OUT OF THE BLUE . It is an unusual story of lost love. I found it a real page Turner and didn't want to put it down. The book deals with alcoholism and the pain it inflicts. I recommend this book to all readers it definitely won't disappoint.
January 9, 2017
Out of the Blue a gripping novel of love lost
This is the story of Liv. Liv is marry to Douglas, he is an alcoholic and she left him and hose to Ireland when she meet Aidan again. Aidan is marry. Love balloons but cannot be. I love happen ending and this dose not have one.
This is the story of Liv. Liv is marry to Douglas, he is an alcoholic and she left him and hose to Ireland when she meet Aidan again. Aidan is marry. Love balloons but cannot be. I love happen ending and this dose not have one.
March 17, 2016
It was ok
This book looked interesting but I didn't really care for it - not much of a story. Didn't like the ending either - it felt unfinished to me.
This book looked interesting but I didn't really care for it - not much of a story. Didn't like the ending either - it felt unfinished to me.
April 2, 2016
Not what I expected.
The ending was a puzzle. Not sure what we're supposed to conclude from the last sentence. Good story but the end left me feeling sad.
The ending was a puzzle. Not sure what we're supposed to conclude from the last sentence. Good story but the end left me feeling sad.
May 2, 2016
Not so gripping
Slow moving story meanders over chapters. Took days to get thru this one but did finish hoping it would liven...it did not
Slow moving story meanders over chapters. Took days to get thru this one but did finish hoping it would liven...it did not
November 12, 2016
Twists in life
A story of love, loss and the many twists that can sometimes be confusing in this game we call life.
A story of love, loss and the many twists that can sometimes be confusing in this game we call life.
December 30, 2019
The writing and imagery used through a large portion of this book is beautiful and creates visual and almost tactile scenes for the reader. Descriptions allow you to have glimpses into marriages and how they've arrived in their current states both briefly and richly. While I didn't agree with every choice a character made I at least understood how it could unfold. A little past the 1/2 way mark I felt the tone shifted and jarred a bit but thought it could be explained away to perhaps convey the jarring being felt emotionally by characters themselves. Sadly the last 5 pages or so completely undid a lot of the book's earlier promise for me by dropping an unnecessary revelation that didn't really add to the narrative but, I presume, is supposed to explain the female character's abrupt choice in the final two pages. Were it not for "the end" being placed here I would be looking for several chapters that somehow were omitted from my copy of the novel. I felt these last few pages were out of character for at least two of the individuals as I felt the couple hints dropped earlier either didn't build up enough to this revelation or felt undeveloped. Given the relationships and issues the author chose to portray in the earlier portion of the novel I was disappointed with the rushed and abrupt way she chose to conclude the novel. Almost like she backed herself into a corner and wasn't sure how to end it. Unfortunate because I was very curious to see how she would handle some of the unraveling portion of these characters journey.
July 27, 2018
Liv Callaghan inherits her grandmother’s cottage in Cork, Ireland. It is the change that she needs to escape from the stress of her marriage to an alcoholic husband. The cottage is idyllic and brings back happy childhood memories of holidays spent there with her parents and grandmother.
She learns to enjoy the challenge of living in the rustic cottage, which is without electricity or running water. But it doesn't take long before she discovers the family secret that put a sudden stop to the holiday visits of her childhood
Then, out of the blue she meets her first love who broke her heart all those years ago. Aiden is now married and lives near the cottage with his wife and child. Essentially the story is about what happens when you have the chance to rekindle an old relationship. Can you ever go back and what are the consequences for those close to you?
I think the answer is no you can't relive the past and the consequences of attempting to do so will not only destroy you but also those around you. It is simply too higher price to pay.
This was an ok summer holiday read but I found it a little predictable.
She learns to enjoy the challenge of living in the rustic cottage, which is without electricity or running water. But it doesn't take long before she discovers the family secret that put a sudden stop to the holiday visits of her childhood
Then, out of the blue she meets her first love who broke her heart all those years ago. Aiden is now married and lives near the cottage with his wife and child. Essentially the story is about what happens when you have the chance to rekindle an old relationship. Can you ever go back and what are the consequences for those close to you?
I think the answer is no you can't relive the past and the consequences of attempting to do so will not only destroy you but also those around you. It is simply too higher price to pay.
This was an ok summer holiday read but I found it a little predictable.
April 17, 2018
Out of the Blue is a horrible book. Most of the characters are incredibly selfish and think it is no big deal to have an affair. There are three affairs in the book and they all ruin lives, but that doesn’t seem to be much of an issue to participants. It’s like if you are unhappy in your marriage, feel free to step out on your husband or wife. As if the terrible plot wasn’t enough, the writing is sometimes hard to follow due to tense and incredibly boring and slow much of the time. The end is ridiculous and abrupt like the author had no idea how to actually write an ending to a book. I most definitely do not recommend reading this book.
March 8, 2020
This was an easy to read book, about a woman returning to a place from her youth when she meets her first love again. Her husband is an alcoholic doctor and Douglas goes into rehabilitation whilst Olivia is in Ireland. Livvie then meets up with Aiden , her first love and the couple embark on an affair and Aiden leaves his wife and daughter.
Whilst it is a predictable storyline, it is easy to read and has likeable characters in the story.
Recommended.
Whilst it is a predictable storyline, it is easy to read and has likeable characters in the story.
Recommended.
April 26, 2018
I was not a fan of this book. I just saw no point to it. There was no self-discovery. The little bit of self discovery that there was was only a tiny blip in the end. I felt very let down. By the story as a whole, and especially the ending.
May 18, 2017
What a good read. Yes, try it.
Some books are worth reading. This one is!
A mystery you will get so involved in. It surely got me.
Some books are worth reading. This one is!
A mystery you will get so involved in. It surely got me.
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