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Happily Ever After by Jane Lovering #Review

  I am delighted to feature Jane Lovering's Happily Ever After  which was published by Boldwood Books on February 17th.   Andi Glover loves nothing more than a good book. Any book in fact because when you’re raised by unconventional parents who think school’s for squares, alongside a deeply conventional sister who escapes home as soon as she can, fiction is eminently preferable to reality. The only problem is that fiction isn’t the best way to learn about the real world. When Andi starts her new live-in job at Templewood Hall for the eccentric Lady Dawe and her enigmatic son Hugo, it’s tempting to think she’s fallen into the pages of one of her favourite gothic novels. But the plot twists at Templewood Hall are stranger than fiction and it’s not long before Andi questions if she’s living in a romance novel or a whodunnit. Bumps in the night, a missing heir, ghostly apparitions and secrets that have been kept for generations - the mysteries mount up. Then there...
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Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop, Photographs by Alexander Kakolyris

    I received a sampler of Cartes Postales from Greece and a beautiful thing it is. With its brilliant white hardback cover and stunning colour photographs, it begs to be opened. The story starts in London. Ellie notices that a series of postcards, addressed to the unknown S. Ibbotson, start to arrive in her building. Signed only with an initial A, they intrigue her and she looks forward to each one arriving. Each shows an image of Greece, with its blue skies and bright colours - so different to her rather gloomy city life which has so far disappointed her. After some months, they stop appearing but she cannot forget their images and on a whim, decides to take a holiday in Greece. Picking up a package which has arrived from A, just as she leaves, she discovers that it contains a notebook which tells the story of a man's journey through Greece and recounts stories he has been told by strangers along the way. 

    A,it transpires, is writing and researching a book on Cycladic Art. Let down by S Ibbotson, he has decided to continue his plans to travel around  Greece.  I found the concept of following A's journey interesting and my appetite was whetted to read more. I loved the 'picture book for adults' angle which added so much to the story. As he travels around, he meets the locals who tell him a variety of stories - some old, some new and each illustrated beautifully. 

In short: a tapestry of stories mixed with the sights and sounds of Greece- gorgeous!

Thanks to the publishers Headline Review for a copy of the sampler. 
 
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