Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster | Atria Books for gifting me a physical and digital ARC of the new book by Shea Ernshaw. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars rounded up!
The night Clay Lockhart's wife dies, a violent storm tears their home and the land beneath it away from the Scottish coast, sending it adrift into the Atlantic. Thirty years later, 12-year old Ellie discovers the fabled floating island and finds Clay still living in the farmhouse on the hill. When the island vanishes overnight, no one believed that Ellie saw the island and she even questions herself. But decades later, the island resurfaces. Ellie, now in her 30s, returns, determined to uncover the truth. What she finds is Clay, who hasn't aged a day.
This book is a lot of things - a mystery, a romance, magical realism, climate control warning - but it is all wrapped up perfectly with such beautiful, lyrical writing. It's magical, mystical, and I was entranced from the beginning. Clay and Ellie's story is the central part of the book, and it's definitely a love story for the ages. It's a book that will break your heart, but yet it still feels hopeful, that life and love will outlast everything. I truly felt transported while reading this and was sorry when it was over. Don't miss it!
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