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Midland
One day, on his way back from meeting, investment banker Alex Wold finds himself standing up to his waist in the Thames, trying to guide a bottlenose whale back out to sea. Later, as he's watching the continued rescue attempt on the news, his mother calls to tell him that Tony Nolan - her ex-husband and wealthy neighbour - has died of a sudden heart attack. As the Wolds and the Nolans all head back to Warwickshire for Tony's funeral, both families are forced to take a difficult journey into the past. Midland is a devastating exploration of what binds families together, and what tears them apart.
382 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2019
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James Flint
13 books4 followersBorn in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1968, James Flint is the author of three novels and one book of short stories. In 1998 Time Out magazine called his first book, Habitus, "probably the best British fiction début of the last five years," and when it was published in France it was judged one of the top five foreign novels of 2002. His second novel, 52 Ways to Magic America, claimed the Amazon.co.uk award for the year 2000, and his third, The Book of Ash, won an Arts Council Writers Award and was described by the Independent's leading literary critic as "a bold British counterpart to DeLillo's Underworld."
In 2002 his short story The Nuclear Train was adapted for Channel 4 television; he has had a long involvement with Port Eliot Festival and curated the film tent there for several years; and his journalism has appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, Sight & Sound, Time Out, The Times, The Independent, Arena, The Economist, Dazed & Confused and many others. From 2009-2012 he was Editor-in-Chief of the Telegraph Weekly World Edition, and he is currently the co-founder and CEO of the health communications start-up Hospify.
In 2002 his short story The Nuclear Train was adapted for Channel 4 television; he has had a long involvement with Port Eliot Festival and curated the film tent there for several years; and his journalism has appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, Sight & Sound, Time Out, The Times, The Independent, Arena, The Economist, Dazed & Confused and many others. From 2009-2012 he was Editor-in-Chief of the Telegraph Weekly World Edition, and he is currently the co-founder and CEO of the health communications start-up Hospify.
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December 16, 2018
Great novel.....wonderful trip down memory lane of growing up in Warwickshire, the location and countryside definitely one of the biggest characters in the book, don't remember my childhood being quite that exciting! Very enjoyable read with lots of twists and turns. One to add to the pile by your bedside definitely!
February 3, 2020
THERE IS NOTHING SOMBRE ABOUT FLINTS MIDLAND GATHERING
It’s only the end of January and you’ve probably already had your fill of family get togethers. Unless that is, you’re me. We missed out on our annual Christmas family get together this year as the arrival of my sister’s third baby got in the way but we do have another eleven months to correct that, to include: regular Sunday lunch at Mum’s and each of our houses, a Christening for my new nephew and a family wedding in London. I will hopefully try to get to see my wife’s parents, all four of them, at some stage of the year either in Lincolnshire or Nottinghamshire, The Sherwooder’s might come to Ireland too. As for a family a get together for all of them. it’s complicated as they say, but aren’t all families in some respect?
The author, Robert Brault, once said, ‘what greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering, than the family and the gathering...’ He’s obviously never been to a gathering of the family in this month’s third book review. The book is Midland by James Flint and published by Unbound (www.unbound.com) on the 24th January.
Alex Wold is a hard-nosed City of London stock trader, who sees the ‘soft’ Britain of 1918-1978 (from the end of the First World War to the rise of Thatcher) as ‘an anomaly’. Nevertheless, the book opens with Alex, perhaps dis-oriented by the imminent birth of his second child, plunging into the Thames to try to help a beached whale to find its way to sea. We soon learn that his extremely expensive suit was ruined in vain, and his reassurances to his son prove hollow, when the whale dies. Shortly after he hears of the death of his mother’s ex-husband Tony Nolan from a heart attack.
Alex must now prepare to face both sides of the family, as the Nolans and the Wolds have had a difficult few years behind them, but maybe this is the ideal opportunity Alex has been looking for to lay the ghosts of the past.
The book centres on a ‘home-coming’ of two families who had grown up side-by-side. Now adults, they had been linked in many and complex ways but had been scattered for even more complex reasons. Tony was the father of one of the grown-up families. He is also the former husband of Margaret Wold, whose ‘children’ from her second marriage come home to give her some moral support. Tony has attracted some admirers from both families, and repelled others, with his dodgy but successful dealings in financial derivatives and his domineering personality.
Reuniting in their home town allows for the gradual re-emergence of old grudges, suppressed passions, friendships and suspicions. As readers, we are gradually let into some of the backstories of the two families
As the funeral comes closer, the plots multiply. We follow Tony’s hippie runaway son bumming his way around Caribbean beaches, until he gets enticed into a drug ring which is bigger than he can handle. But why did he leave in the first place?
We share the frustrations of another member of the Nolan clan, who sees herself as a serious journalist but is constantly put on trivial celebrity-watch. We feel her anger as she is undermined and bullied out of her job by her ambitious new assistant. There are also hints of a complex web of love affairs between the ‘children’ of the two families in the past, including a deep and sincere but incestuous relationship between half-siblings.
For me, these little sub-plots make the book worth-while and give flesh to the only slightly intriguing who-slept-with-who? mystery which drives the story towards the end.
Some of the sub-plots are not much more than throw-aways. One little half-page insight into the daily life of a trader concerns one of Alex Wold’s early experiences. He was worried by a news item about a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, where he has invested heavily in steel futures. An older hand says: ‘don’t worry, just check what rice is doing’. Alex checks, and finds ‘no movement’. The old hand replies ‘exactly – no war’. The logic was that Chinese leaders would know that an invasion of Taiwan would lead to foreign sanctions. If they planned to go to war, they would therefore be buying up and stockpiling foreign rice, leading to a rise in prices.
As the story goes on, the younger generation begin to learn the secrets of each other’s love-lives, mostly with each other. What they find more shocking are the hints emerging about their parents’ love lives. As someone said of the 1960s: ‘every generation thinks they have invented sex and are disturbed when they find that their parents got there before them’.
The characters cover a wide range of English Midlands middle-class life. They are well rounded and avoid too many obvious stereotypes.This is English author James Flints fourth book. His others are Habituis (1998), 52 Ways To Magic America (2002) and The book of Ash (2004) . Flint wrote Midland in installments and performed a chapter each year at the Port Eliot festival in St Germans in Cornwall. He started his working life as an apprenticeship on the Times of India Newspaper in New Delhi, before going on to study Philosophy in Oxford.
Midland is a well-crafted tapestry of little vignettes, if I can mix my metaphors as freely as Flint mixes his story-lines. James Flint is a superb story-teller with a good eye for character. One to watch. So get down to your local bookshop and order a copy, or download it to your e-reader.
Reviewed by Robin Hanan at www.thelibrarydoor.me
It’s only the end of January and you’ve probably already had your fill of family get togethers. Unless that is, you’re me. We missed out on our annual Christmas family get together this year as the arrival of my sister’s third baby got in the way but we do have another eleven months to correct that, to include: regular Sunday lunch at Mum’s and each of our houses, a Christening for my new nephew and a family wedding in London. I will hopefully try to get to see my wife’s parents, all four of them, at some stage of the year either in Lincolnshire or Nottinghamshire, The Sherwooder’s might come to Ireland too. As for a family a get together for all of them. it’s complicated as they say, but aren’t all families in some respect?
The author, Robert Brault, once said, ‘what greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering, than the family and the gathering...’ He’s obviously never been to a gathering of the family in this month’s third book review. The book is Midland by James Flint and published by Unbound (www.unbound.com) on the 24th January.
Alex Wold is a hard-nosed City of London stock trader, who sees the ‘soft’ Britain of 1918-1978 (from the end of the First World War to the rise of Thatcher) as ‘an anomaly’. Nevertheless, the book opens with Alex, perhaps dis-oriented by the imminent birth of his second child, plunging into the Thames to try to help a beached whale to find its way to sea. We soon learn that his extremely expensive suit was ruined in vain, and his reassurances to his son prove hollow, when the whale dies. Shortly after he hears of the death of his mother’s ex-husband Tony Nolan from a heart attack.
Alex must now prepare to face both sides of the family, as the Nolans and the Wolds have had a difficult few years behind them, but maybe this is the ideal opportunity Alex has been looking for to lay the ghosts of the past.
The book centres on a ‘home-coming’ of two families who had grown up side-by-side. Now adults, they had been linked in many and complex ways but had been scattered for even more complex reasons. Tony was the father of one of the grown-up families. He is also the former husband of Margaret Wold, whose ‘children’ from her second marriage come home to give her some moral support. Tony has attracted some admirers from both families, and repelled others, with his dodgy but successful dealings in financial derivatives and his domineering personality.
Reuniting in their home town allows for the gradual re-emergence of old grudges, suppressed passions, friendships and suspicions. As readers, we are gradually let into some of the backstories of the two families
As the funeral comes closer, the plots multiply. We follow Tony’s hippie runaway son bumming his way around Caribbean beaches, until he gets enticed into a drug ring which is bigger than he can handle. But why did he leave in the first place?
We share the frustrations of another member of the Nolan clan, who sees herself as a serious journalist but is constantly put on trivial celebrity-watch. We feel her anger as she is undermined and bullied out of her job by her ambitious new assistant. There are also hints of a complex web of love affairs between the ‘children’ of the two families in the past, including a deep and sincere but incestuous relationship between half-siblings.
For me, these little sub-plots make the book worth-while and give flesh to the only slightly intriguing who-slept-with-who? mystery which drives the story towards the end.
Some of the sub-plots are not much more than throw-aways. One little half-page insight into the daily life of a trader concerns one of Alex Wold’s early experiences. He was worried by a news item about a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, where he has invested heavily in steel futures. An older hand says: ‘don’t worry, just check what rice is doing’. Alex checks, and finds ‘no movement’. The old hand replies ‘exactly – no war’. The logic was that Chinese leaders would know that an invasion of Taiwan would lead to foreign sanctions. If they planned to go to war, they would therefore be buying up and stockpiling foreign rice, leading to a rise in prices.
As the story goes on, the younger generation begin to learn the secrets of each other’s love-lives, mostly with each other. What they find more shocking are the hints emerging about their parents’ love lives. As someone said of the 1960s: ‘every generation thinks they have invented sex and are disturbed when they find that their parents got there before them’.
The characters cover a wide range of English Midlands middle-class life. They are well rounded and avoid too many obvious stereotypes.This is English author James Flints fourth book. His others are Habituis (1998), 52 Ways To Magic America (2002) and The book of Ash (2004) . Flint wrote Midland in installments and performed a chapter each year at the Port Eliot festival in St Germans in Cornwall. He started his working life as an apprenticeship on the Times of India Newspaper in New Delhi, before going on to study Philosophy in Oxford.
Midland is a well-crafted tapestry of little vignettes, if I can mix my metaphors as freely as Flint mixes his story-lines. James Flint is a superb story-teller with a good eye for character. One to watch. So get down to your local bookshop and order a copy, or download it to your e-reader.
Reviewed by Robin Hanan at www.thelibrarydoor.me
December 6, 2018
I really enjoyed this novel. The portrayal of the different characters in the Wold and Nolan families is compelling - I was completely drawn into their world. Who knew Warwickshire life could be so dramatic?Highly recommended!
March 12, 2019
I struggled reading this book. The complicated weave of relationships between the Wold and Nolan families just didn't enthrall me.
January 27, 2019
Careful, thoughtful and of its (recent) time, this is a book of precision writing, immense research and considered construction. “Midland” features not only the people of a geographical area of Britain, without extremes and in contrast to an exotic lifestyle enjoyed by some of the characters. This is a book which carefully looks at both the obvious motives and the deeper feelings of several characters, so that events are seen from various viewpoints, felt at a micro level. Always told in the third person, as we follow one or another male character, we learn their reasoning behind their actions, often in response to the surprising and illogical events around them. Pinned to newsworthy events as a whale being stuck in the Thames, the destruction of the twin towers, and the financial threats of the early twenty first century, this is very much a novel of the current day, while attempting to create the idea of truths about family life and people which transcend a particular era. I was pleased to be given the opportunity to read and review this book as part of a blog tour.
The book opens with a character, Alex, behaving in a completely unlikely way. Working in the financial sector and handing significant sums of money on a daily basis, and “living in the London of the £65 million townhouse, the £15 million restaurant refit, the £2 million studio flat”, he lives an idyllic life with the beautiful Mia and little Rufus. Suddenly he feels the urge to walk into the river Thames to try to assist a whale who has taken a wrong turn, thereby ruining his eye wateringly expensive suit and shoes. Obsessing about the whale, he remembers the fate of the Twin Towers in 2001, when he was on an exotic beach. He is further jolted into uncomfortable memories by the news of the death of his mother’s first husband, Tony, a difficult man. As families gather, the return of Jamie disrupts and dismays, and it is only by sections which go back into history that the exact reasons emerge; how youthful love felt deeply by Matthew has shaped his thinking, how instant attraction for Alex and Mia has affected Sean, how the causal drug taking of several of the characters may have been an important feature of lives which have failed in some senses. All of this somewhat disjointed narrative, moving backwards in time, shows how discoveries and trauma have happened, even without aggressive intention by anyone.
There are parts of this novel which I found absorbing, amusing and enjoyable. Other parts, such as a painfully detailed explanation of the LIBOR risks and its potential effects on some of the minor characters, showed that research, which while fascinating, affected the flow of this novel. It is a big read, taking in a large time span and an impressively big interwoven cast of characters, and there is a genuine feeling for the time and place, whether that be the gentle countryside of the Midlands and the mythical Forest of Arden, or the exotic yet subtly dangerous beaches of warmer climes. I was impressed by so much of this novel with its subtle changes from gap years adventure, teenage love, and sharp business, against a background of family life in which people live in such realistic ways such as semi rural houses, and the sorrow of huge events. I found some of the precise writing about the details of discoveries slowed the flow of the book unnecessarily. Overall, this is a superbly written book, reflecting an impressive understanding of people and their motives, and it amounts to an absorbing read.
The book opens with a character, Alex, behaving in a completely unlikely way. Working in the financial sector and handing significant sums of money on a daily basis, and “living in the London of the £65 million townhouse, the £15 million restaurant refit, the £2 million studio flat”, he lives an idyllic life with the beautiful Mia and little Rufus. Suddenly he feels the urge to walk into the river Thames to try to assist a whale who has taken a wrong turn, thereby ruining his eye wateringly expensive suit and shoes. Obsessing about the whale, he remembers the fate of the Twin Towers in 2001, when he was on an exotic beach. He is further jolted into uncomfortable memories by the news of the death of his mother’s first husband, Tony, a difficult man. As families gather, the return of Jamie disrupts and dismays, and it is only by sections which go back into history that the exact reasons emerge; how youthful love felt deeply by Matthew has shaped his thinking, how instant attraction for Alex and Mia has affected Sean, how the causal drug taking of several of the characters may have been an important feature of lives which have failed in some senses. All of this somewhat disjointed narrative, moving backwards in time, shows how discoveries and trauma have happened, even without aggressive intention by anyone.
There are parts of this novel which I found absorbing, amusing and enjoyable. Other parts, such as a painfully detailed explanation of the LIBOR risks and its potential effects on some of the minor characters, showed that research, which while fascinating, affected the flow of this novel. It is a big read, taking in a large time span and an impressively big interwoven cast of characters, and there is a genuine feeling for the time and place, whether that be the gentle countryside of the Midlands and the mythical Forest of Arden, or the exotic yet subtly dangerous beaches of warmer climes. I was impressed by so much of this novel with its subtle changes from gap years adventure, teenage love, and sharp business, against a background of family life in which people live in such realistic ways such as semi rural houses, and the sorrow of huge events. I found some of the precise writing about the details of discoveries slowed the flow of the book unnecessarily. Overall, this is a superbly written book, reflecting an impressive understanding of people and their motives, and it amounts to an absorbing read.
January 20, 2019
‘Pretty much everyone at some point, it seemed, swam the wrong way up some uncharted river, and had to rely on luck, on strangers, or family, to help them find their way back.’
I’m torn between 3 and 4 stars for this one – maybe I’ll decide by the end of the review….
This is certainly a well-written novel about families, secrets and is also a very modern look at the family unit, with the 2 main clans of the Wolds and the Nolans linked by previous marriages. So, there are lots of half-brothers and sisters which got a little confusing at times (I found myself drawing family trees so that I could keep a track of who was who!). The metaphor right from the start, with Alex wading into the Thames to try to rescue a whale, is one that hangs over the whole book. It is a novel about finding your place in the world, about getting lost and needing help to make it back, about keeping quiet and suffering or about opening up and sharing. As it moves back and forward in time, starting with a funeral and taking in a paragliding accident and car crashes, we gradually learn to understand what it is about these characters and families that is tearing them apart: Alex, the financier having a crisis of confidence; Matthew the eco-warrior; Emily, the journalist who has lost her job in dubious circumstances; Caitlin and her brother Sean, and half-brother Jamie who all have strained relationship.
The book deals with some weighty issues as the stories unravel: suicide and mental illness; pregnancy and abortion; domestic physical abuse. There are secrets and lies, and there are family tragedies to be unfolded. Where I feel the book was let down, and why I hover betwixt and between, is the way it is finished. The last section, only about 10 pages or so, tries too hard to tie everything up too neatly. It feels rushed and a little awkward, and whilst I appreciate that we can’t all wallow in suffering and despair, this ‘happy’ ending (heavily qualified by the tragedies which have preceded this) just felt too easy.
But, I would certainly recommend the book. It is well-written, and the sense of place is central to the characters and their sense of belonging. So, I’m going to cop-out and give it 3.5 stars; as much as I enjoyed it and admired the writing, it could have been so much more, especially at the end.
I’m torn between 3 and 4 stars for this one – maybe I’ll decide by the end of the review….
This is certainly a well-written novel about families, secrets and is also a very modern look at the family unit, with the 2 main clans of the Wolds and the Nolans linked by previous marriages. So, there are lots of half-brothers and sisters which got a little confusing at times (I found myself drawing family trees so that I could keep a track of who was who!). The metaphor right from the start, with Alex wading into the Thames to try to rescue a whale, is one that hangs over the whole book. It is a novel about finding your place in the world, about getting lost and needing help to make it back, about keeping quiet and suffering or about opening up and sharing. As it moves back and forward in time, starting with a funeral and taking in a paragliding accident and car crashes, we gradually learn to understand what it is about these characters and families that is tearing them apart: Alex, the financier having a crisis of confidence; Matthew the eco-warrior; Emily, the journalist who has lost her job in dubious circumstances; Caitlin and her brother Sean, and half-brother Jamie who all have strained relationship.
The book deals with some weighty issues as the stories unravel: suicide and mental illness; pregnancy and abortion; domestic physical abuse. There are secrets and lies, and there are family tragedies to be unfolded. Where I feel the book was let down, and why I hover betwixt and between, is the way it is finished. The last section, only about 10 pages or so, tries too hard to tie everything up too neatly. It feels rushed and a little awkward, and whilst I appreciate that we can’t all wallow in suffering and despair, this ‘happy’ ending (heavily qualified by the tragedies which have preceded this) just felt too easy.
But, I would certainly recommend the book. It is well-written, and the sense of place is central to the characters and their sense of belonging. So, I’m going to cop-out and give it 3.5 stars; as much as I enjoyed it and admired the writing, it could have been so much more, especially at the end.
January 27, 2019
I love it when I just fall into a book - and that is exactly what happened with Midland. I had never read anything by James Flint before, but was intrigued by the synopsis and premise for the novel. I love stories about complex families, and here we have the tale of two families from the Midlands - the Nolans and the Wolds. Their histories are inextricably linked and complicated. The book is "an exploration of what binds families together, and what tears them apart."
We are introduced to the families when the children are all grown up and have left university. Between them, exist dark secrets, regrets and misunderstandings which stretch back decades. As adults, they have all drifted apart and are trying to forge their adult lives in different parts of the world. However, the death of the Nolan patriarch, Tony, draws them all back to the Midlands. Their brief reunion has catastrophic repercussions.
This story is divided into different sections : Whale, Gull, Egg, Stag and Elephant. The different sections explore the different characters as they are now, and then peel back the layers of grief, allowing us to see where the angst and hurt originated. In the Wolds, we meet mother and father Miles and Margaret, Alex (successful financier), his brother Matthew (Greenpeace activist), and sister Emily (living back at home after being made redundant from her post as features editor at a London magazine). In the Nolan household, there are the parents, Tony and Sheila, Sean (who runs the family business) and Caitlin (who works for a film company)...then there's Jamie - the black sheep.
I really loved this book. James Flint's writing is clear, precise and beautiful...Midland is a masterclass in story-telling.
We are introduced to the families when the children are all grown up and have left university. Between them, exist dark secrets, regrets and misunderstandings which stretch back decades. As adults, they have all drifted apart and are trying to forge their adult lives in different parts of the world. However, the death of the Nolan patriarch, Tony, draws them all back to the Midlands. Their brief reunion has catastrophic repercussions.
This story is divided into different sections : Whale, Gull, Egg, Stag and Elephant. The different sections explore the different characters as they are now, and then peel back the layers of grief, allowing us to see where the angst and hurt originated. In the Wolds, we meet mother and father Miles and Margaret, Alex (successful financier), his brother Matthew (Greenpeace activist), and sister Emily (living back at home after being made redundant from her post as features editor at a London magazine). In the Nolan household, there are the parents, Tony and Sheila, Sean (who runs the family business) and Caitlin (who works for a film company)...then there's Jamie - the black sheep.
I really loved this book. James Flint's writing is clear, precise and beautiful...Midland is a masterclass in story-telling.
February 2, 2019
In the early pages of James Flint’s Midland, Alex Wold receives news of two deaths, that of the bottlenose whale, whom he’d waded into the Thames earlier that day to help save, and then, moments later, that of Tony Nolan, his former step-father. As James and his estranged brother come together with other members of the Wold–Nolan clans at Tony’s funeral in Warwickshire, they are forced to confront divisive issues from the past and question just what is family: what unites and what divides.
Midland is a beautifully constructed book, each word carefully chosen, each sentence carefully laid down, each image carefully presented, with the result that we see exactly what the author wants us to, and nothing more. It’s a masterpiece of control … Flint is a skilful writer and Midland a finely written tome.
The full review: http://www.theliteraryshed.co.uk/read...
Acknowledgements: This review is published as part of the virtual book tour organised by Anne Cater, of Random Things Tours, to whom we extend our thanks. Many thanks also to the publisher for supplying a review copy of the book. All opinions are our own. All rights reserved.
Midland is a beautifully constructed book, each word carefully chosen, each sentence carefully laid down, each image carefully presented, with the result that we see exactly what the author wants us to, and nothing more. It’s a masterpiece of control … Flint is a skilful writer and Midland a finely written tome.
The full review: http://www.theliteraryshed.co.uk/read...
Acknowledgements: This review is published as part of the virtual book tour organised by Anne Cater, of Random Things Tours, to whom we extend our thanks. Many thanks also to the publisher for supplying a review copy of the book. All opinions are our own. All rights reserved.
February 4, 2019
This is absolutely stunning. It’s a novel to take your time over and immerse yourself in James’ beautiful writing. From the very first chapter I was entranced. To me this novel felt like a celebration of language and the power it has. James has a unique voice, capturing moment, place and circumstance perfectly. He freezes time; holds it still for us and allows us to look at it from all angles.
September 1, 2020
A new writer for me and interesting to read a book set in the midlands - a very neglected area for setting books in. Well written and an interesting cast of characters who initially were difficult to keep track of. I felt that the style/tone of the book changed, depending on where 'we' were Brazil/London/Midlands and also depending on the time 'we' were living in and which character 'we' were with. This isn't a criticism but seemed a bit strange. Overall a book I would recommend.
August 25, 2025
A story of the complexities of relationships in relationships, leading to heartbreak and tragedy. Principal characters well developed.
May 26, 2019
I have to say from the first few pages of this book I was absolutely totally in, as I met Alex Wold who was having pretty much the most stunning day of his life, you know, one of those days that starts out like any other, then unfolds into something that weighs on your mind, changes multiple outlooks and makes everything else very insignificant? And so it starts. A book that really grabbed me, that didn't just tell Alex's story as I had predicted it would (I read this months and months after I'd received it), but actually introduces us to a host of characters and follows the through moments that are momentous and sometimes not but nearly always important.
The characters were likeable at times and other times almost villainous. I found this to be a read that was always captivating and I read it, as it should be, over two nights by the fire, devouring every single word. Very much recommended and thanks again to Anne for the book in return for an honest review.
The characters were likeable at times and other times almost villainous. I found this to be a read that was always captivating and I read it, as it should be, over two nights by the fire, devouring every single word. Very much recommended and thanks again to Anne for the book in return for an honest review.
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