From Goodreads
A new start can come from the most unexpected places...
It's been years since Lizzie Lockhart spoke to her parents. But she was safe in the knowledge she knew everything about them. Once upon a time, they were as close as could be. Until they weren't.
After receiving the earth-shattering news of their passing, Lizzie decides it's time to unearth some family secrets and find out just who her parents really were... starting with Streamside Cottage. A cottage Lizzie never knew existed, in a place she's never heard of: the beautiful English village of Leafton.
Leaving behind London, and the tattoo parlour she called home, Lizzie finds herself moving to the countryside. Faced with a tight-lipped community, who have secrets of their own, Lizzie is at a loss for what to do, until her rather handsome neighbour, Ben, steps in to help.
As Lizzie finally begins to piece together the puzzle of her family history she realises she has to confront the truth of the past in order to face her future.
My thoughts
My thanks to Victoria Joss for organising the Blog tour of this book, which I was more than happy to take part on. My thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.
Well what a read this was. I thoroughly enjoyed this delightful read that just kept giving as you read each page. Told from various different timeframes as flashbacks as the story is revealed to us. You do need to be a fan of stories told in such ways to get the most out of this story and I do realise that this format isn't to everyone's reading taste.
What a delightful cover this book has it draws the reader in to the story contained between the covers, as if we had just stepped inside the cottage through the front door. Perhaps, if we'd known what was awaiting us inside the cottage we might not have wanted to step inside quite as much.
As Lizzie's parents have both passed away, things about them and their past are being revealed to her, she decides to move to a cottage that she didn't know that they owned in a village called Leafton. However, on moving there she feels a sense of deja vu in some ways. Little does Lizzie know that this cottage is about to unleash repressed memories and family secrets from the past. With the help of Ben a rather good looking neighbour, she goes on a journey of discovery as he helps her try to fit in with village life.
Samantha Tonge has a way of telling her stories to us, she draws us in to the lives of her characters and the reader becomes invested in them, wanting to know what has happened and what will happen to them as each page is read.
Grab a copy of this story and immerse yourself in Lizzie's world for a few hours, as you are taken on a journey of discovery with her as she finds out about her past and the significance of the village called Leafton, that Streamside cottage is situated in as the cottage almost takes on it's own persona in the story.
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