A review by aotales
The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson

2.0

TOO MUCH DESCRIPTION!! The first 35 pages of this book were almost too much for me, I was suffocating on the extensive detail with which Lawrenson describes the smells from her little hamlet in Provence. (Yes the entire setting of the novel is in fact the hamlet she owns in Southern France, go to her website to see actual photo tours of the property!). The middle of the book starts to pick up and actually piqued my interest, almost enough for me to forgive the first half of the book. However the ending is extremely predictable, and too easily tied together. A huge disappointment!