Today it’s time for anothr review, and I just loved this book!

Synopsis

When successful jewellery designer Isla Ashton unexpectedly inherits her eccentric Aunt Kate’s Caribbean island, she is obligated to return to the place she associates with heartache and regret. To where she grew up and fell in love with her childhood friend, Leo Fernandez. Fully intent on selling the island and finally putting the past behind her, Isla is soon compelled to put together the pieces of what really happened on a fateful night ten-years before. She begins to believe that in going to prison, Leo hadn’t only been shielding her from the same fate. She also starts to suspect that her late Aunt hadn’t been entirely honest in sending her away under the guise of recriminations. Who had they both been protecting and why?

My review

Have you ever read a story where your first thoughts are: ‘Oh, seems like a nice story, but not extremely good’?

Well, those were my thoughts when I started this book. I chose to read this book as a nice opportunity to pass some time. I didn’t exactly have high expectations of it. Just a book like there are written a zillion of this kind.

But boy, was I wrong…

As already said, I wasn’t expecting very much of this story, but once I started reading in it, I just couldn’t stop.

One of the things that made me continue reading, was that you learned more about the past reading the diaries of Kate, who, after her death, left everyting to her goddaughter Isla.

Isla inherited an actual island, and also a lot of jewellery. But sadly, Isla left the island many many years ago after an incident when she was only 16 years old. And by leaving, she also left the boy behind she truly loved, Leo, after he betrayed her by doing illegal activities.

So you start reading the present, you get to learn Isla. She’s an independent woman, having her own business in creating jewellery.

Through flashbacks you get to know Isla even better. What happened at the island causing her to leave everything behind?

And then Isla finds the diaries Kate left behind. Luckily for the readers, we can join Isla reading them, having even more flashbacks, from Kate herself.

Devastating truths come out, and Isla finds to understand Kate better as she knows the reasons now why Kate did what she had to.

But inheritating an island, brings also a lot of responsibility that Isla isn’t ready to face, and there is Leo… is it all really over?

You get to know the characters on such a personal level that I found it hard to put the book away and carry on with real life.

So somehow I found myself also on an island, being drawn into this story and not wanting to stop.

And before I knew, I reached the end… of course a book must come to an end eventually, but honestly, I wouldn’t have mind if there would have been a few more chapters!