#Blogtour #Review: The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan @evgaughan @urbanebooks #TheStoryCollector18/6/2018 Release date - 14th June 2018
Book length - 288 pages Publisher - Urbane Publications Book Depository - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Evie for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour and for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THE BOOK A beautiful and mysterious historical romance from the author of The Heirloom and The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris. Thornwood Village, 1910. Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor, Harold Griffin-Krauss, translate 'fairy stories' from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems and Anna soon finds herself at the heart of a mystery that threatens the future of her community and her very way of life.... Captivated by the land of myth, folklore and superstition, Sarah Harper finds herself walking in the footsteps of Harold and Anna one hundred years later, unearthing dark secrets that both enchant and unnerve. The Story Collector treads the intriguing line between the everyday and the otherworldly, the seen and the unseen. With a taste for the magical in everyday life, Evie Gaughan's latest novel is full of ordinary characters with extraordinary tales to tell. Perfect for fans of Jess Kidd and Eowyn Ivey. MY REVIEW Oh wow, my heart is simply bursting with love for this magical and special story that really took my breath away. Struggling with grief and loss, Sarah Harper is lost and alone so when she drunkenly decides to travel to Ireland at Christmas instead of to her sister's home in Boston, everyone is a little concerned for her welfare, including Sarah herself when she realises what she has done. But the wild beauty and serenity of Ireland soon calms her troubled soul and when she discovers an old diary in the hollow of a tree, an enchanting and at times heartbreaking story unfolds which will help Sarah deal with her own problems. As the story moves from past to present, from Anna's life all those years ago to Sarah's life in the present day, there is so much that these two ladies have in common and I easily fell into the swell and sway of this beautifully written tale. I smiled, I cried, and I felt the magic in each and every page of THE STORY COLLECTOR by Evie Gaughan and have felt myself the unexplained magic that certain places in my beautiful country hold - nothing substantial, just a feeling that there is something more to this ancient land that we have forgotten about in our hectic, modern lives. THE STORY COLLECTOR by Evie Gaughan is a story of love, loss, family, and heritage that will spark the magic in your soul and make it a book that will find a special place on your bookshelf where you can escape into it again when a little enchantment is needed. A truly excellent story. MY OWN SPOOKY TALE As part of this blog tour, Evie kindly asked if we had any of our own otherworldly tales to add to keep the magic of the seanachaí alive and while this isn't my own story, it is one that has been told amongst my own family many a time. Both of my parents grew up in rural Ireland and fell in love at a young age. While travelling to a local party in their car they came around the corner of a road that has the reputation of being haunted by a man that is monstrous in size, supposedly killed many years ago. . Many in the area swore that they had seen this spectre while those who didn't believe it scoffed. Well, on this particular night my parents drove around the corner, when lo and behold, a gigantic man (at least 12 ft tall according to my dad) appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the road, forcing my parents to swerve to avoid hitting him. In shock they both jumped out of the car, only to find the road empty and no sign of the man. As an adult I have questioned whether it could have been two people on each others shoulders playing a prank, or a shadow from a nearby tree, but this is always dismissed by my parents as they explained that the road has just low, empty, fields to the side and if it was someone human they would have been able to see them running away. They know what they saw and it wasn't of this world. And while I love the magic and haunting sound of this story, I avoid that road when driving in that area!! AUTHOR BIO Evie Gaughan is a writer and artist living in Galway City, beside the sea. Her books are a mix of genres, incorporating her love of history and a penchant for magic in the everyday. The Heirloom is Evie's debut novel and is a time-slip epic set in Ireland during medieval times, with a parallel story in the present day. Her second novel, The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris is a magical tale set in France, with a heart-warming cast of characters. Her upcoming novel, The Story Collector, is due for release in Autumn 2018 with Urbane Publications. For more information: Website - eviegaughan.com Twitter - twitter.com/evgaughan Facebook - www.facebook.com/evgaughan/ Instagram - www.instagram.com/evie.gaughan/ DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THE OTHER STOPS ALONG THE WAY!!!
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