Book
Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: The Silence of
the Stones
Subtitle:
Author:
Rebecca Bryn
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Part of a series?
Order in series:
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23388798-the-silence-of-the-stones
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
Alana is left a house in her aunt’s will. An
aunt she wasn’t aware of. When the struggling artist, sculptor and single
mother decides to live in the house a past is revealed. Murder, mystery and
intrigue are thrown in the mix.
What
I liked about the book:
The book is a real page-turner and I can
highly recommend it. One of the best books I’ve read in recent years.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I loved the entire book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
The many twists and turns and how Alana never
gave up.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
I loved the entire book.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This is the first book I’ve read by this
author. She has written several more and I’m keen to check those out too.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This is a tricky question to answer. I’ve not
read any like this previously.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Perhaps |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like mysteries and intrigue, this
book may be the book for you.
I’m
certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Mystery, murder, suspense, with psychological
depths, heartbreaking undertones and romantic overtones. Twists and turns will
keep you guessing to the end. Alana is a struggling artist and sculptor,
scarred by her parents' relationship and a lost love but determined to grab
life by the throat, whatever the cost. Opportunity beckons when she is left a
cottage in a West Wales’ village by an aunt she didn’t know existed, but
strange runes painted on her door and carved onto ancient stones in a stone
circle, hint at a dark undercurrent of tragedy and intrigue and she is caught
up in the village’s conspiracy of silence over a thirty-year-old crime.
An eccentric old woman, a young female
investigative journalist, a two-year-old girl, a good-looking male busker and
an ex-lover make unlikely bedfellows but combine to send Alana on a voyage of
self-discovery that changes her world forever.
About
the Author:
Rebecca
lives in West Wales with her husband and dog, where she paints the fabulous
coastal scenery and writes historical, mystery, and post-apocalyptic tales with
a twist. Her historical novel Touching the Wire won a Gold Medal in the
Readers' Favorite 2019 Book Awards.
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