This much-awaited novel from Elizabeth Camden most assuredly kept me entertained and engrossed over a long, snowy holiday weekend.
I love the diversity of settings and time periods Camden chooses for each of her novels, and this one is no exception. Set in a mysterious, and long-deserted ancestral home overlooking the Hudson River Valley in the early 1900s, Camden sweeps her readers through a story of healing, redemption, and hope.
While I loved the story's main characters, Sophie van Riijn and Quentin Vandermark, their development through the story left something to be desired. As in most romantic novels, the reader assumes from page one that these two will fall in love and live happily ever after. As the story progresses, we learn plenty about these complex and well-developed characters individually, and why they act the way they do, but I somehow seemed to miss the development of their relationship. The reader knows that they spend time together on a regular basis, but I would have enjoyed seeing them interact one-on-one with more regularity.
That said, I adored delving into the mysterious Dierenpark and its history. Camden masterfully prompts her readers to ponder the nature of faith, the importance of hope, and the healing nature of love and forgiveness.
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