5+++ Stars!!!!!
This book has ruined me for all other books! I'm still trying to wrap my head around what happened and my poor heart! How can it ache SO GOOD and SO BAD?! This was a beautiful story of love, loss, family and patriotism with one of the most unique storylines and had me feeling EVERYTHING!
The concept of time travel has always fascinated me but it is certainly a difficult topic to get perfectly right, whether in movies or books. Many times there are inconsistencies and plot holes. Not in this book. Amy Harmon got it right. I mean she NAILED it! I honestly had no idea how perfect it was until the very end. The author carries us on a spectacular time travel journey filled with love and loss. It was like a puzzle that you were trying to solve piece by piece and the anticipation of seeing the whole picture will have you thoroughly enthralled.
This book is very rich in history and our heroine Anne gets pulled back to Ireland in 1921 at the cusp of the Irish Civil War. First of all let me just say I am not a history buff. Before reading this book I certainly had no interest in what Ireland went through to gain her Independence. However, you cannot help but be fascinated with Amy's story telling. She weaves the tale of these heroic men and women who fought for Ireland's liberation from Great Britain and I could feel their pride and I wept for what it cost them to achieve their independence. As Anne learns firsthand about the country of her ancestors and lives the events that she only read about in "her time", you can't help but be caught up in the fascination of it all. The details in this book are phenomenal and you cannot help but respect the level of research that must have gone into the writing of this novel.
The love Ann and Thomas discover in each other takes them both by surprise. Ann finds herself in love with a man in the past and is at war with what decisions to make. Their love was gradual but intense and passionate. Thomas was such a great man. He was a kind and generous soul but also smart and brave. He risked his life for his family and his country. He loved Anne with such fervor and their path was so gut wrenching but so beautiful! Their love story was simply epic!
There were so many amazing characters in this book that each played their role in what unfolded in this story. Everything about this book was beautifully complex. It makes you realize we are a part of something so much bigger than ourselves. Time became irrelevant. Love became important. I'll be thinking about this book for a long time to come. I know it's only January but I know this will be one of my favorite reads of 2019. Well done Amy Harmon!
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This book will stay with you for days.....
When I first heard Amy’s latest book was up for pre-ordered, I immediately one-clicked. This was months before I knew anything about the book. I just knew my favorite author wrote it and hence an automatic purchase and read. A few weeks into, what to me, seem to be an interminable wait; I found out that it was a historical romance. A small fear gripped my heart as I’m not big on historical romance or historical anything. Shortly after, I heard that not only was it a historical romance, but it was a time travel historical romance. I’m not going to lie my heart crashed.Shortly before the release of the hardcover on Feb 1st I won an ARC. (Advance Review Copy). I was thrilled, ecstatic, just a little afraid, and completely beside myself. It took me a day to put my fears away and pick up my kindle.On a rainy Sunday afternoon, I grabbed my kindle, my blanket, and a nice cup of tea and snuggled in my favorite reading chair. I wanted to give this book the chance it deserved because Amy has never let me down.I’m not sure how many readers really look at book covers, and if they do, do they see a preview of things to come? I’ve found that they tell a story before reading the pages between the cover. I meticulously studied the cover and saw a woman who had suffered. There was pain and loss in her eyes, but yet they were strong and hopeful. I knew our heroine was going to make it. And so I read……The relationship between Annie and her grandfather was endearing. And their love and support for each other was unmistakably. I cried when he took his last breath. I wanted, perhaps needed, to hear and know more.One of my favorite parts of the book was how seamlessly the author pulls Anne in 1921 Ireland and how she arrives there. I was so connected with everything Anne was feeling and seeing that it really took me by surprise.Thomas has to be one of my favorite heroes, his love for Anne is intense and he is a good, caring and brave soul. I loved that about him. And Anne, what a great character. She was what she needed to be when she needed to be. As a woman from 2001 traveling to the past I felt she was able to keep up with the standards of the time without jeopardizing who she really was.Oh and the journals. Love the journals. We all need to learn to keep them. It is a small portal to our future generations.There is a fine line when history is being told because as humans we can easily point fingers, but Amy did an amazing job without accusation or picking sides. “Don’t let the history distract you from the people who lived it”I read the book in one seating. Laundry was not finished that day, messages were not returned and dinner was ordered in. After finishing I wasn’t sure how I felt. To be candid that feeling was there for days, and can honestly say I can’t remember the last time a book did this to me.Overall I give this book 5 stars. Amy is a magical storyteller. Her words flow and put you in a spell between fact and fiction. I was sad to see the story end. I was left wanting more, such much more. Not because the book was unfinished, but because the story was so beautiful written.If you haven’t yet ordered, I urge you to do so now. You will not be disappointed. In fact, I loved it so much, that a kindle copy is not enough; I just ordered the hardcover book (I hear the cover is gorgeous) and the audiobook. A first for me.Happy Reading!
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