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Okay, so Emma gave Hugo the locket, so that confirms my theory that Marchand is Hugo, and that Maggie is Emma's mother.

It's an interesting narrative choice to tell the story this way. I'm not sure how I feel about it, although if we'd done it chronologically we wouldn't have all of Emma's questions drawing us along through the narrative. Maggie's story is much slower paced, so this was probably the right way to go.

Another prediction. I think Hugo might be Captain Marchand. At first I thought he might be Emma's father, then it was said that her father was a dangerous man, so now I'm wondering if Mags was maybe forced to marry someone else, and that man is Emma's dad.

But I'm not sure from the blurb, since it makes it seem like the two girls meet up. I guess, perhaps, that might refer to Emma meeting her adult mother?

I'm definitely intrigued, though. I'm loving both of these characters (and their love interests, although I feel like perhaps Charlie knows a lot more than he's letting on).

I'm having to take an emotional break at the moment, since I really don't want Maggie and Hugo to go down the miscommunication route, when they're both clearly keen on one another. Awkwardness isn't cute when it leads to jealousy and avoidance.