Author: Hannah Richell
Type: Paperback
Read: 16th March - 2nd April
Rating: 3/5
Published: 26th September 2013 by Orion Books
1980. On a hot summer's day five friends stumble upon an abandoned cottage hidden deep in the English countryside. Isolated and run-down, it offers a retreat, somewhere they can escape from the world. But as the seasons change, tensions begin to rise...
Three decades later, Lila arrives at the remote cottage. Bruised from a tragic accident and with her marriage in crisis, she finds renovating the tumbledown house gives her a renewed sense of purpose. But why did the cottage's previous inhabitants leave their belongings behind? And why can't she shake the feeling that someone is watching her?
A story told over time, where it switches back from the 80's to the present day. How does Lila and an cottage she has been left all fit together. The basis of the book was good. I just found it such a struggle to read. I loved Hannah's previous book and kinda had high hopes for this. But the characters annoyed me too much. I found it dragged on far too long and i could never see the link between Lila and the cottage of the past until we get to pretty much the end.
Kat as a character was the worse. I really couldn't put up with her selfishness. Her down right just being dumb. She pinned over Simon like he was gods gift to all women on the planet when he really was a bully.
I'm not even sure i can write a good review. The ending helped bump this story to 3 stars. I was toying with the idea of giving up but im aiming to avoid that this year.
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