To Hold a Hidden Pearl
$ 5.39
- I loved my first book by Fearne Hill!!I am kicking myself that it took me so long to review this book. Around three months ago, Fearne Hill offered me a review copy. I was pretty busy at the time but still thought I’d read it by the end of June. Unfortunately, I’ve only just finished it before writing this review on September 5th.I absolutely adored this book! It’s delightfully British, it has quirky characters and the combination of a medical setting and an Earl’s estate made it even more interesting to me. I read books by quite a few British authors so I was a little surprised when I came across words that I wanted to look up as I read. This is a compliment! I love reading books that challenge me in one way or another and adding to my non-US vocabulary is one of my favorite things.What to say about the story? This book had me LOL’ing more times than I can count while at the same time tugging at my heart and being sad for the doctor who lost his whole family. Some of the passages were just too delightful to keep to myself so I read them out loud to my hubby who also got a chuckle out of them. I’m going to share a short excerpt here but you might really need to read it in context to fully appreciate why I found this funny. The story is told in alternating POVs and this snip is from a Lucien (Dr. Avery) chapter:“It’s that bloody carbonara, Dr Avery,” Jay chortles as he sways over the bathtub. “It made you sick too. I’m going to have a pepperoni pizza next time. Shall we have the pepperoni pizza next time, Dr Avery?” Fuck that, would you like to eat my pepperoni, Dr Avery?”While I wouldn’t consider this story a romcom – most of my laughter came near the beginning – it certainly has a good mix of serious stuff and witty banter. It got a bit more somber for me after the half-way point. Lucien has to deal with a former lover and Jay has to decide how he’s going to deal with the mess he left when he called off his wedding at nearly the last minute.I certainly didn’t need to add another author to my list of favorites (it’s unreasonably long already) but if the next book in this series is even close to being as good as this one, Fearne Hill is going to land on that list.Note: I had no way of knowing if the medical stuff in this this story was at all accurate but I found it extremely interesting. After reading the Acknowledgements at the back of the book I wasn’t surprised at all to learn that the author is a doctor.A copy of this book was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.
