Heartbreaking and Heartwarming in tandem.

I've taken some time to process my feelings on this beautiful book by Paige Toon - I have to admit I think this is actually the first book I have ever read of hers. Any fans - where should I go next??

I was honoured to be allocated a slot on the Book Tour for this book and actually read it all in one emotional rollercoaster of a sitting.

The story takes the reader both back in time to the protagonist, Leah's childhood and through the present, with an intricate narrative that leaves you aching for plot points to come together.

The pace of the novel is tantalising in all honesty - Toon does an incredible job of making the characters' conversations and reflections in the present reveal things about the past. The reader comes across a few surprises along the way - even Mrs cynical over here was taken aback.

I'm not a crier over books - very occasionally when a book hits home my eyes will fill with tears and that's as emotional as I get. At the end of this book my (already poor) vision was completely obscured by an eyeful of tears so it is safe to say this novel hits home.

I will remember it and the characters from it fondly for a long time.

Thanks so much to the publishers and Randombooktours for my copy in return for these thoughts.