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A reclusive bookstore owner hoped she'd permanently buried her family's sensational past with a new name. But when the novels she once shared with an old crush begin appearing
in the mail, it's clear her true identity is about to be revealed, threatening the new life she has painstakingly built.
My Thoughts:
The Words Between Us is a well written and thought out novel. I enjoyed this story immensely, though it is filled with tragedy of all kinds.
We are given this story through Robin Windsor's view in two different time lines- the now and the then. The beginning of the chapters let us know when the timeline switches and I was very involved in both. The then chapters start when Robin is 14 and her world is shattered in a big way. She moves in with her grandmother in a new town and meets Peter Flynt one day in the cemetery. This is the start of a friendship/relationship between them that affects Robin in the now. We are not given Robin's story all at once. But chapter by chapter we are given the puzzle pieces of why she is the way she is and why she wants to be left alone and live a quite life.
Sprinkled throughout the book is the love of books that has been with her all her life. Through a very unconventional friendship, she and Peter share the many words of the classics. I liked how the author incorporated just how important the written word was for these two.
This is not a light story. The shattering of families is never good, and what took away Robin's is a doozy. The secondary characters add the support that Robin needs and the very particular and cranky parrot was a great character in his own right.
This story is not only beautiful on the inside, but on the outside as well. I usually like people on my covers, but this one with the old books just pops and is one of the prettiest covers I have seen in a long time.
I received a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.
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