Read from November 7th - 12th 2015.
Published August 18th 2015 by Michael Joseph
Format Hardcover - 400 pages
Review Ok yes,another 5
stars but it is well deserved.
The blurb advertised - Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family's country estate where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Not much ever happens. Until, one stormy evening in 1968, it does.
The idyllic world of the four Alton children is shattered. Fiercely bonded by the tragic events, they grow up fast. But when a glamorous stranger arrives, these loyalties are tested. Forbidden passions simmer. And another catastrophe looms...
Decades later, Lorna and her fiancé wind their way through the countryside searching for a wedding venue. Lorna is drawn to a beautiful crumbling old house she hazily remembers from her childhood, feels a bond she does not understand. When she finds a disturbing message carved into an old oak tree by one of the Alton children, she begins to realise that Black Rabbit Hall's secret history is as dark and tangled as its woods, and that, much like her own past, it must be brought into the light.
My thoughts -
Atmospheric, a little dark, charmingly crafted gothic mystery at it's best.
I loved the dual time line of this story.It worked well and flowed beautifully.A lot of thought went into putting this book together.It kept me in suspense all the way, not knowing which outcome would materialise.
The unkempt hall set in Cornwall sets a dark, alluring but peaceful scene that sucks you into a world where nothing is quite as it first appears.
The characters in the story are quite cliche and small segments of the story (where there was a death) felt quite rushed and cut off with no warning that my little brain couldn't quite get round it especially when the majority of the book was so well described and detailed which lends itself to the story nicely.
I think I actually love this book too much.The cover is captivating and captures the eye and wraps up it's jewel inside carefully.I may just have to read this book again and again as I felt sad when it ended.
I would fully recommend to anyone who likes a mysterious gothic almost magical feel family saga that is warm and exciting.The type of read that requires you to curl up in the corner of your sofa in the warm with the lights low, a blanket, a cuppa with the cold left outside.
The blurb advertised - Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family's country estate where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Not much ever happens. Until, one stormy evening in 1968, it does.
The idyllic world of the four Alton children is shattered. Fiercely bonded by the tragic events, they grow up fast. But when a glamorous stranger arrives, these loyalties are tested. Forbidden passions simmer. And another catastrophe looms...
Decades later, Lorna and her fiancé wind their way through the countryside searching for a wedding venue. Lorna is drawn to a beautiful crumbling old house she hazily remembers from her childhood, feels a bond she does not understand. When she finds a disturbing message carved into an old oak tree by one of the Alton children, she begins to realise that Black Rabbit Hall's secret history is as dark and tangled as its woods, and that, much like her own past, it must be brought into the light.
My thoughts -
Atmospheric, a little dark, charmingly crafted gothic mystery at it's best.
I loved the dual time line of this story.It worked well and flowed beautifully.A lot of thought went into putting this book together.It kept me in suspense all the way, not knowing which outcome would materialise.
The unkempt hall set in Cornwall sets a dark, alluring but peaceful scene that sucks you into a world where nothing is quite as it first appears.
The characters in the story are quite cliche and small segments of the story (where there was a death) felt quite rushed and cut off with no warning that my little brain couldn't quite get round it especially when the majority of the book was so well described and detailed which lends itself to the story nicely.
I think I actually love this book too much.The cover is captivating and captures the eye and wraps up it's jewel inside carefully.I may just have to read this book again and again as I felt sad when it ended.
I would fully recommend to anyone who likes a mysterious gothic almost magical feel family saga that is warm and exciting.The type of read that requires you to curl up in the corner of your sofa in the warm with the lights low, a blanket, a cuppa with the cold left outside.
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