Published by Berkley Books on June 5, 2018
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Women’s Fiction
Pages: 416
Format: ARC
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night the Lights Went Out comes a stunning new novel.
New York Times bestselling author Karen White crafts evocative relationships in this new contemporary women’s fiction novel about best friends who share a devastating secret, set in the Lowcountry of South Carollina.
Larkin Lanier has lived in New York City for almost a decade. She vowed never to return to her hometown of Georgetown, South Carolina, but when she learns that her mother, Ivy, is missing and it forces her to return home for the first time since high school. Since she has had little contact with her family and friends from her hometown, the trip home is a bit awkward.
Ivy is found at the family’s abandoned plantation home where she is unconscious and injured. She had fallen through the rotten floor boards and her arm was at an odd angle. Larkin doesn’t understand why her mother would be at the plantation home, and tries to determine what caused her mother to go there. Larkin believes her mother is trying to tell her something – about the past, their ancestral home, and Larkin’s grandmother, Ceecee. In the process of getting answers, Larkin begins to uncover many secrets about her family, some that are decades old.
The chapters of this story alternate between Ivy, Larkin and Ceecee, with Ceecee’s chapters splitting time between 1951 and 2010. I admired the strength of their friendship and the friendships of Larkin, Mabry, and Bennett. There was so much pain between these women – heartbreak, loss and betrayal. This book showed readers exactly what lengths people are willing to go to for love and how decisions made – regardless of their intentions – often have lasting consequences.
Dreams of Falling was a very moving story, I found the storyline both charming and captivating at the same time. If you have never read anything written by Karen White, don’t wait any longer – get this book. You’ll instantly become a fan! I became a fan with her book, The Sound of Glass (see my review of that book HERE), and I look forward to reading many more of her books!
Karen White is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the Tradd Street series, The Night the Lights Went Out, Flight Patterns, The Sound of Glass, A Long Time Gone, and The Time Between. She is the coauthor of The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband near Atlanta, Georgia.
Karen’s latest novel, Dreams of Falling, was published in June, 2018 by Berkley Publishing, a division of Penguin Random House Publishing Group.
When not writing, Karen spends her time reading, scrapbooking, playing piano, and avoiding cooking. Karen and her husband have two grown children and currently live near Atlanta, Georgia with two spoiled Havanese dogs.
Thank you so much NetGalley and Berkley Books for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review and unbiased opinion.
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