Another quick read from my current favorite author, Beatriz Williams. I’ve read several of her books and I always devour each one! She just writes in such a way that before I know it, I’ve been up all night and have finished the book in one sitting. For “The Secret Life of Violet Grant,” I realized I had pulled an all-nighter when the sun started peeking in through my curtains.
“A Hundred Summers” is a multi-linear story following the life of Lilly Dane. She fell hopelessly in love with Nick Greenwald, and for reasons I won’t spoil, they had to part ways, until seven years later, they meet again. And their story is even more tangled than before.
Beatriz Williams has the ability to teleport me to the past. Her prose is elegant, but not pedantic, which is a problem I have encountered before with historical fiction. I understand that our English vernacular has change over the years, but I don’t have patience when reading a monologue that I simply can’t follow. But Williams has found a way to stay true to the time periods she writes about, all the while, making the dialogue easy to follow and enjoyable.
No comments:
Post a Comment