This is the kind of book that forces those who are strictly anchored in the real world to accept and go along with a strange and occult-like event. So, I did exactly as what the author would wish her readers do and I am really glad for it because the novel is written well and I enjoyed reading it very much.

As writing a decent enough review for this book without referring to the plot has been impossible for me, the rest of this review refers to some of the events in the novel, but I did not fully summarize everything. The novel is much more interesting and original than what I will be saying next.

In the story, the part of it that takes place in 2001, Anne Gallagher who is raised by her grandfather Eoin feels a strange affinity to Ireland as her grandfather has told her so much about it. Just before Eoin dies, he asks Anne to write a love story about Ireland and to scatter his ashes in County Leitrim in the middle of Lough Gill. After Eoin’s death, Anne takes his ashes to Ireland to Lough Gill. While in the middle of a lake, some weather event with thick fog takes place. Then a man in a boat shoots Anne, causing her to fall into the Lough.

When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in 1921 hurt and with Dr. Thomas Smith who found her in the lake. Thomas Smith is the guardian of a young boy with the name Eoin. Since Anne looks a lot like the boy’s mother, she takes on her identity and a love story between her and Thomas begins. There is a lot of Ireland’s history in the book after this, as Thomas works closely with Michael Connely, the hero of the 1916 uprising.

Anne will eventually write that love story in 2001, but how this will be possible and will she still be able to return to Thomas? This is for the reader to find out.

The characterization is first-rate as each character is unique and well presented. Dialogues are believable if not authentic of the older times, and the historical facts have been researched satisfactorily.

This isn’t just a love story between a man and a woman but also a love story of people for their country and their freedoms, and of people for their families. As I am not too big on just romance stories, the inclusion of other themes and feelings in the novel made this love story a delight to read for me.

The story is told beautifully and it flows very well, even though some of the time travel events might be a bit difficult to wrap one's mind around.

entertainment especially if one likes interpersonal relationships and history woven together.

is Amy Harmon, a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times Bestselling author with six other novels

It is really captivating and I didn't want to put it down. Plus, it is well written.

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