this was a really well done fictional novel on Kipling, I loved the way the author was able to stay true to the real people and stay interesting. I had a lot of fun reading this.

Unfortunately, the Kindle pdf of this book was unreadable due to formatting issues. A shame as it sounded fascinating!

Fascinating look at the lives and losses of the Kipling family, centering on the relationship between siblings Rudyard and Trix. When parents Lockwood and Alice left their children behind in British boarding school, they never had any idea what traumatizing horrors their little kids were subjected to, until they grew up and became published writers, which brought shock and humiliation, but according to this account, the family never achieved closure or resolution.

I like the period descriptions of Warwick Gardens, Rottingdean and exotic Lahore and Cape Town. I hadn't realized how successful Rudyard Kipling was, on such a Rolls Royce level. I like the mention of so many celebrities (Wilde, Bram Stoker, the King) just wish their relation to the Kiplings had all been covered as thoroughly as Henry James's was. I love Historical Fiction, but wish Mary Hamer had supplied an explanation by way of an afterward as to which bits were made up and how things were researched. Was Trix really cutting? Did sister Trix and wife Carrie really never get along? The time line wasn't always chronological, which was confusing.

Thank you to Netgalley for this copy in return for my honest review. Characters are engaging and I was drawn into their story. Well written.

This was different in the way this was written about Kipling and his sister. It goes from their childhood in India to England and what they experience as children and what happened to them as adults. I kinda had a hard time following what was going on. I think it could have been written a little bit did but user this is the first time I have ever read a out these two! Emotional in some parts but I really didn't enjoy it. I'm so sorry. I received this book from Net Gallery.

I really enjoyed this book. It was well-written and the story kept me engrossed. The author made me care about the characters and made me feel invested in them.

As young children in India Rudyard Kipling and his sister, Trix, were happy and close to each other. However when they were sent to England to live with a foster family those ties were stretched. Rudyard grew up to be a famous writer but his sister, although a writer as well, was not as feted. This is a fictionalisation of the relationship between Rudyard and his sister. There are some well-written parts but the whole did not engage my attention as much as I would have hoped

I found this quite disjointed and tricky to follow.

There is no doubt that Rudyard Kipling and his sister Trix lived an interesting life, but this book manages to gloss over some of it, while going into immense detail in other areas.

I certainly know more about these siblings than I did before, but I didn’t particularly enjoy the writing style.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my copy of this book.

Great read. The author wrote a story that was interesting and moved at a pace that kept me engaged. The characters were easy to invest in.