Read then Write - 29/10/26

I only managed to finish one book this week but it was quite long:

The Last Summer by Karen Swan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Wild-spirited Effie Gillies has lived all her life on the small island of St Kilda but when Lord Sholto, heir to the Earl of Dumfries, visits, the attraction between them is instant. For one glorious week she guides the handsome young visitor around the isle, falling in love for the first time – until a storm hits and her world falls apart.

Three months later, St Kilda falls silent as the islanders are evacuated for a better life on the mainland. With her friends and family scattered, Effie is surprised to be offered a position working on the Earl’s estate. Sholto is back in her life but their differences now seem insurmountable, even as the simmering tension between them grows. And when a shocking discovery is made back on St Kilda, all her dreams for this bright new life are threatened by the dark secrets Effie and her friends thought they had left behind.

I did enjoy this book but I'd skimmed over the blurb on the back and didn't realise it was the first in a series until I got to the end which has a big cliff hanger! So of course I will now have to try and read the rest of the series.  At some point, maybe.

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I've now moved on to this one:

This is proving to be quite an easy read which is good as I have meetings for both of the Book Clubs I'm in next week which will mean 2 more books to read!