Evelyn seems to be the popular name for MCs lately. Evelyn Hardcastle, Evelyn Hugo… not Evelyn Aubrey.
I jokingly had high hopes for this one after the first two I mentioned were so incredible.
While they have nothing to do with each other it was just a funny connection I made in my head to all of them.

The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey is a dual timeline historical fiction book that focuses partly on the story of Evelyn, her family, and her writing and partly on the story of Abby who is searching for her father who may be a descendant of Evelyn Aubrey. Abby’s journey takes her to England and the home Evelyn shared with her husband and then to small town America in the search for her father.
The story engulfed me from the beginning, I wanted to learn more and more about Evelyn and what was happening to her. Her story in the world ended in mystery and you want to know what happened to her throughout the book. While the ending was a bit predictable it also fell a little flat for me. I felt Evelyn’s story was never fully resolved. Maybe that’s just me but that’s why it loses the star. Slightly more focus on Evelyn and what became of her might have gone a long way into making this a 5 star read for me.
While Abby’s story was interesting as well hers also started to trail off at the end. Her overall story was given an ending but it slowed down a lot in the last 100 pages.

Overall I enjoyed this one but it didn’t wow me like it had the potential to do.