ARC received from Simon and Schuster AU for an honest review.

Gah, it has taken me forever to finish this book. This is nothing to do with the book, the blame lies solely with me and time!

Paige Toon is a new to me author, but I will be looking at more in the future.

The Sun In Her Eyes was a beautiul, poignant read.

Amber returns to Adelaide after her father becomes ill. And there things seem to fall apart for her. Her marriage has been struggling, she is now back in the same town with her first love. She is confused and unsure of what she wants.

It is always easy to look back on your first love with rose coloured glasses, and Ethan seems all that, and just confuses the matter even more.

I was not particularly a fan of Ethan right from the get go, but as things progressed (and boy, did they progress) there was just something about him that just made me not like him, no matter how wonderful he seemed.

Poor Amber went through so much during her visit, and my heart cracked for her at times - it didn't break, because I just knew that she was stronger than that.

But for her hubby Ned, may have been a bit different.

I guess that saying you don't know what you got till it's gone (or halfway around the world) really was true for Amber and Ned.

I just hoped that Amber would make the right decision.

I really did enjoy The Sun In Her Eyes (even with the stilted, interrupted reading), and I would love to know more about these characters, and the secondary characters in the future.

I look forward to reading more of Ms Toon's work