Aww wow what a wonderful and fitting ending to the Brogan family saga.
Every book deals with a character's story within the family and it's very apt that the final novel in the series deals with the tale of the matriarch of the family, the grandmother Queenie.
In a clever narrative device that skips from the war years back to the late Victorian era we hear more of Queenie's youth and her life in Ireland charting her love affair with Patrick Mahon and the lifelong bitter hatred and rivalry between her and Patrick's sister Nora.
In the present Patrick is gravely ill and we see Queenie wrestling with her conscience wondering whether to tell Patrick so late in life of the one great secret in her life, one that she has kept for over fifty years.
A secret that if revealed has the propensity to shatter the Brogan family apart.
Time is running out so does Queenie tell all and maybe give solace to Patrick in his final days and salve her conscience or risk resentment and anger over what she has to reveal within her family?
Maybe losing the secret love she and Patrick share forever?
This was a wonderful story, I have thoroughly enjoyed every one and I was so excited to hear Queenie's story and the author thankfully dealt with all the other strands of the family narrative so there were no question marks or loose ends.
A fantastic read, every single novel and I'm sad it's not over.
I originally discovered this author and series by winning an ARC of one of the books and got so hooked into the Brogan family I instantly back catalogued the preceding ones.
Wonderful.
Every book deals with a character's story within the family and it's very apt that the final novel in the series deals with the tale of the matriarch of the family, the grandmother Queenie.
In a clever narrative device that skips from the war years back to the late Victorian era we hear more of Queenie's youth and her life in Ireland charting her love affair with Patrick Mahon and the lifelong bitter hatred and rivalry between her and Patrick's sister Nora.
In the present Patrick is gravely ill and we see Queenie wrestling with her conscience wondering whether to tell Patrick so late in life of the one great secret in her life, one that she has kept for over fifty years.
A secret that if revealed has the propensity to shatter the Brogan family apart.
Time is running out so does Queenie tell all and maybe give solace to Patrick in his final days and salve her conscience or risk resentment and anger over what she has to reveal within her family?
Maybe losing the secret love she and Patrick share forever?
This was a wonderful story, I have thoroughly enjoyed every one and I was so excited to hear Queenie's story and the author thankfully dealt with all the other strands of the family narrative so there were no question marks or loose ends.
A fantastic read, every single novel and I'm sad it's not over.
I originally discovered this author and series by winning an ARC of one of the books and got so hooked into the Brogan family I instantly back catalogued the preceding ones.
Wonderful.