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Book Review - Maureen Fry and The Angel of The North By Rachel Joyce

  Maureen Fry and The Angel of The North By Rachel Joyce My Rating ★★★★★ Goodreads: 3.96/5 Genre: Women’s Literary Fiction Maureen Fry and The Angel of The North was first published in 2022.  The finale to a moving trilogy.     Synopsis Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn't end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. Maureen Fry has settled into the quiet life she now shares with her husband Harold after his iconic walk across England. Now, ten years later, an unexpected message from the North disturbs her equilibrium again, and this time it is Maureen's turn to make her own journey. But Maureen is not like Harold. She struggles to bond with strangers, and the landscape she crosses has changed radically. She has little sense of what she'll find at the end of the road. All she knows is that she must get there.   My Review I was gifted this book for Christmas and having
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Book Review - Untold love by Ruth Jones

 


Untold love by Ruth Jones

My rating: ★★★★★

Goodreads 4.16/5

Genre: Modern and Contemporary Fiction > Romance

Untold Love is Ruth Jone’s third novel. Her first two Never Greener and Us three where very enjoyable so, will this one live up to my expectation….read on to find out!  

Its Out in September 2022 and will be available in Hardback,  Audio book and kindle.

 

Synopsis

Grace is about to turn ninety. She doesn't want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants to heal the family rift that's been breaking her heart for decades.

But to do that she must find her daughter Alys - the only person who can help to put things right.

And when she finds her - if she does - she risks betraying granddaughter Elin. Who is far less forgiving of the past, with its hurts and secrets and lies. Meanwhile Grace's great-grand-daughter Beca is oblivious to all these worries, too busy navigating the highs and lows of teenage life and keeping secrets of her own.

All families have their problems. And most of them get resolved. But Grace's problem is thirty years old. And she doesn't have time on her side.

So is it too late for her to make peace? Or is reconciliation still within reach?

 

My Review

 

I was approached by Transworld publishers and asked if I would like to read a review Untold Love by Ruth jones and knowing how much I enjoyed us three and never Greener I jumped at the chance.

Untold love is similar to us three in that it jumps between characters viewpoints, each chapter is from one of the characters perspectives, it flows wonderfully, right from the word go you understand how each character feels, you get drawn in to their family and feel this pull to keep reading to find out what is going to happen.

It's a very easy read, at first, I was unsure where it was going to take me but, as the story unfolded, I stopped trying to second guess what was going to happen and just followed the family’s life. With every word you read, you felt all the love and hate that was being thrown around, I was drawn in and felt as if I was a part of it. This book oozes love, hate, forgiveness and loss, a real mixture of emotions, it just constantly keeps you wanting more.  

My one criticism of this book would have to be when Welsh dialect is used in places. I absolutely loved that it was used as it was all in keeping with the characters but, I had no idea at times what it meant and had to look it up to translate it. Maybe a page at the back/front with translation would be useful.

Ruth Jones is definitely an author I will be keeping an eye out for in the future.

 

Thank you netgalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for giving me the opportunity to read and review Untold love by Ruth Jones. 

 

To read my review of us three click below

My review of Us Three by Ruth Jones

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