A review by reyes_sf
The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde by Eve Chase
4.0
Thanks to Penguin UK - Michael Joseph and NetGalley for giving me the chance to read this book
This is my second book by Eve Chase (the first one was Black Rabbit Hall, which I loved) and I'm glad to say that I enjoyed this a lot. I found that the split present/past narrative disrupted the pace a lot in the first half of the book, but in the second half things picked up and I finished it in one go. I loved the exploration of female relationships here - mother/daughter, stepmother/stepdaughter, sisters, cousins/friends... all of them different and all of them rich and deep. My biggest "but" here is that the ending was too perfect for my liking, after a whole book of complex relationships and seemingly unsolvable obstacles everything was tied up too nicely to be believable. Still a very recommendable book - fans of Kate Morton, Eve Chase is one author to keep your eye on!
This is my second book by Eve Chase (the first one was Black Rabbit Hall, which I loved) and I'm glad to say that I enjoyed this a lot. I found that the split present/past narrative disrupted the pace a lot in the first half of the book, but in the second half things picked up and I finished it in one go. I loved the exploration of female relationships here - mother/daughter, stepmother/stepdaughter, sisters, cousins/friends... all of them different and all of them rich and deep. My biggest "but" here is that the ending was too perfect for my liking, after a whole book of complex relationships and seemingly unsolvable obstacles everything was tied up too nicely to be believable. Still a very recommendable book - fans of Kate Morton, Eve Chase is one author to keep your eye on!