Sunday, May 30, 2021

Book Review with Featured Author: The Moon Over Kilmore Quay

The Moon Over Kilmore Quay 

by Carmel Harrington

 


 

Publisher & Release: Bookouture, June 1, 2021


Setting:  New York & Ireland


Genre: Women’s Fiction


Length: 375 Pages


Rating: 3.5 Gold Crowns


Book Description: 


They say home is where the heart is, yet somehow my heart is split in two. New York, the city I live in and love, and Ireland, the home of my ancestors—somewhere I have lived only in my dreams. And now I have no choice but to go looking…

Brooklyn, New York: Broken-hearted and home alone on New Year’s Eve, Bea O’Connor finds a letter she wrote to herself nearly twenty years before…

In the letter, she’d wished for many things. To never lose touch with her two best friends. For her father to be happier. To one day go back to the picturesque Irish village of Kilmore Quay, so she could find out more about her mother who’d died when Bea was tiny. Bea had also dreamed that she’d one day find love—even if her heart is too fragile since losing Dan to think about that right now.

Impulsively she starts writing new little wishes in the margins of the letter. But as the moon goes down over New York City and another year begins, a little magic seems to be in the air. And, as shocking family secrets come to light and Bea finds herself having to travel to Kilmore Quay at last, some of those wishes start to feel like they really could come true.

Even if fate has one last twist in store…

 

Buy Links:

 

Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/Moon-Over-Kilmore-Quay-heartbreaking-ebook/dp/B0922R4YL2

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-moon-over-kilmore-quay-carmel-harrington/1139477735

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Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Carmel_Harrington_The_Moon_Over_Kilmore_Quay?id=AAIoEAAAQBAJ

 

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57877846-the-moon-over-kilmore-quay

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-moon-over-kilmore-quay-by-carmel-harrington-2021-04-08

 

Vikki’s Musings

 

Thanks go to the publisher and Net-Galley for the complimentary digital copy of The Moon Over Kilmore Quay by Carmel Harrington. I voluntarily agreed to read and review prior to publication. My opinions are my own and nothing has influenced my rating.

 

It took me a great deal of time to get into The Moon Over Kilmore Quay, and I came close to not finishing it several times, but once I made it halfway through, the pacing picked up and drew me into the story and the characters. I ended up enjoying the second half a lot.

 

Bea O’Conner is the primary character in this tale. In the first part of the book, I didn’t care for her very much, but I continued reading, and I’m glad I did. By the end of the book, I was completely vested in her character.

 

While this isn’t a romantic novel, it does have a heartbreaking love story. When Bea and Dan’s story is revealed toward the end, a few tears did blur my eyes for what could have been if Bea had been willing to trust in Dan’s feelings.

 

If you enjoy women’s fiction with intriguing characters and a complex plot, then you will love The Moon Over Kilmore Quay. Once the story progressed this became an enjoyable reading experience. The ending is bittersweet but most satisfying. Happy reading! 

 

 

Author Bio:

 


Carmel Harrington is from Co. Wexford, where she lives with her husband, her children and their rescue dog, George Bailey. An Irish Times bestseller and regular panellist on radio and TV, her warm and emotional storytelling has captured the hearts of readers worldwide.

Carmel's novels have been shortlisted for an Irish Book Award in 2016 & 2017 and her debut won Kindle Book of the Year and Romantic eBook of the Year in 2013. Her ninth novel, The Moon Over Kilmore Quay goes on sale in May 21'. Her recent books include My Pear-Shaped Life, A Thousand Roads Home, and the official ITV novel Cold Feet: The Lost Years.

 

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