This is a story that's a bit about love and a bit of a mystery.

Mary has waited for her first love Jim to come home for 7 years. She stands outside a train station every evening with a sign saying 'Come Home Jim'.

I'll be honest, that had me hooked to read this book straight away. I like my love stories to have a side of sadness and this one certainly had that.

It also has lovely, heartwarming characters that you just want to hug, and a storyline that is so intriguing you can't help but keep turning the pages.

Woven into the story are two other characters, Alice and Kit. I loved Kit so much, he was such an adorable character!

I hope it's not too spoilery to say this book has a lovely focus on mental health from an aspect I feel isn't talked about enough and I think Abbie Greaves brought it to the centre of this story in a very natural and believable way.

If all the books I read this year are of this quality I'll be very happy!

The Ends of The Earth is a moving story about loss and love. Topics such as mental health, alcoholism and grief are covered sensitively in Mary and Jim’s story. The stigma and shame of depression is handed carefully and at its core a reminder that it’s never anyone’s fault.
I really enjoyed Mary’s story although found Jim a little harder to connect with, and some of the secondary characters especially Kit were great additions to the book. As the dual timeline takes us back and forth through the lives of Jim and Mary, we can start to understand the frailties of relationships and in particular the portrayal from the outside of a perfect couple. An emotional read which I’ll be recommending to all.

I’d like to thank Laura O’Donnell from Penguin Random House for contacting me to take part in this blog tour.

This is the first book by Abbie Greaves that I have read, despite her debut sitting on my bookcase. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect but I loved the premise and couldn’t wait to get stuck in. This is going to be a hard one to review without giving too much away but I’ll try my best.

The story centres around Mary, who is struggling to come to terms with the fact that her boyfriend Jim is missing. he has been missing for seven years and it appears he literally fell off the face of the earth. Whilst we start the story with Mary and her daily routine of setting up camp at Ealing station, the story does flick back to when she first met Jim. From there the story alternates between Jim and Mary’s early relationship and the present.

When Alice strolled onto the scene I wasn’t sure about her. Being a journalist she certainly had the attitude of someone looking for a story and I wasn’t sure she had Mary’s best interests at heart. Once again when her story started to unravel you could understand her interest and see that despite some questionable choices, she was a lovely person. When her and Kit teamed up for the investigation I was rooting for a romance to develop. The seemed to have great chemistry and worked well together.

I found Jim to be a tough character to warm to. At the start I found him a little too smooth and some of his actions towards Mary made it even harder to like him. It was clear that Mary loved him with all her heart but I wasn’t convinced he felt the same.

What I loved about this story was how it kept me guessing. I had so many questions surrounding Jim and his disappearance but I could never tell where this one was going. Was he dead? Where did he go? Would they find him? If you want to know the answer then I’m afraid you’ll have to read the story!

What I will say is Abbie Greaves does a brilliant job of exploring the stigma that is attached to mental health, particularly male mental health. She explores the stark truth of depression and how it can affect anyone of any age, at any point in their life.

A beautiful story told with delicacy and sensitivity.

This was beautifully written.
It made me so sad and as someone who has suffered from depression I feel the author was sympathetic and true in how she wrote about it.

I won’t lie and say this book didn’t make me cry it has me At times in floods of tears. That to me is the sign of a good story when a book makes me feel that emotional. I completely and utterly loved this book.

Oi, the tears! This was lovely, just the right side of intense, and very affecting. You felt for each character in their ways as they were drawn so well.

This book explored some really tough subjects in a sensitive and insightful way. Despite it’s quite heavy themes it was a easy read and I was really interested to see how Mary’s story ended and whether Jim did come home. The main characters were complex but likeable with believable backstories and current situations which could be easily invested in. I really enjoyed how the story was split between the past and the characters present in 2018 and the transitions between the two were smooth. The ending was the drawback for me as although it tied up all of the loose ends nicely, it was quite predictable. An important read that tackled male mental health, missing persons and grief.

This is the first book I have had the pleasure of reading by author Abbie Greaves and I really enjoyed it. I needed to know Mary’s story and waiting to find out kept me hooked in right until the very end. I also thought the other characters like Alice and Kit helped to carry the story along. Very similar in style to Jo Jo Moyes, one of my favourite authors, written in a way that makes you experience all the emotions of the characters. I even had a wee cry at the end.

Mary's husband Jim vanished unexpectedly. Since then she sits at the train station with a sign, begging him to come home. Junior reporter Alice gets wrapped up in the story and investigates. Part love story, part mystery, this will tug at your heartstrings. There's nothing flashy about the storyline, but as Mary reassesses her relationship with Jim, she grows as a person and rejoins the world.

A beautifully written book, which is heart-warming and has great characters.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

Heartwarming and very sad at times. But I found it a rather long drawn out plot, and a disappointing ending. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this book.

Unfortunately never managed to read before the time was up because of family circumstances.
The cover and synopsis did look interesting. It’s a shame I didn’t get enough time

Mary has been waiting for Jim at the train station. For 7 years. He was the love of her life but disappeared from her life. But still she waits, every night with her sign, "Come Home Jim". Commuters barely notice her. But then one night a call from the blue pushes Mary to the edge. It's time for her to find out what really happened and where Jim is now.

Touching and poignant, but this isn't a love story. It's a story about love, acceptance and letting go. Not just for Mary but also the great cast of characters that surround and help her. It's also very timely in it's approach to male depression, something that staggeringly still seems to be taboo. This isn't fast paced at all. If you can't invest in a story that takes its time to be told this isn't for you. But if you love good characters and a story that unfurls beautifully but in its own sweet time give this a try. You won't regret it.

Mary stands at the station bearing a placard asking Jim to come home. A vigil she has kept for seven years. She volunteers at an organisation called 'nightline' which provides a listening ear to those who need it. When a video or Mary at the station goes viral, it attracts the attention of a young journalist, Alice, who makes it her mission to help Mary find her Jim.

I liked the premise and although it didn't give me the excitement of needing to read one more chapter, I needed to stick with it to find out if Jim was found. Alternating the chapters between the past and present worked well and allowed the reader to see what had let to Jim disappearing.

This was a nice easy read. Thanks indeed to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This book had me hooked from the very first page.

A heartbreaking story of love and acceptance, but one that turns the idea of searching for a long lost love on its head. You can feel Mary's emotions leaping off the page and it's impossible not to feel connected with her story.

A slow burner of a book. I enjoyed it but it didn't really excite me or keep me fully engaged. A sweet story.

First in a new series
A good enjoyable read
Loveable characters
A book to get lost in
Thanks NetGalley

The set up of this book ticks so many of my boxes - a love story, yes, but wrapped in a mystery. Abbie is an genius at laying bare her characters’ interior, emotional selves while also keeping us reading via a cracking plot.

I enjoyed this book. I found the characters believable and the book bought out lots of emotions. Thank you to Netgalley and the author and publishers for the privilege of reading this book for my honest opinion

I found it quite hard to get into at first. I think this is a book you have to be in the right frame of mind to read as it discusses depression quite alot but in general its good. Very emotional at the end so have tissues ready.