I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher.
It works well as a sequel, and it is necessary to read the first to enjoy this one. Everything is focused on personal relationships, with the greater world events serving a plot devices that are only mentioned.

This is the second book of this series and although I did enjoy it I found it not as enticing as the first book (Under the Wild Sky).

This is also based in France which gave it a different slant and delved more into the characters and there stories. The war rages in Ireland, the actions of the past haunt and moving to a different country is not the remedy required to get through the flashbacks of the war and the effects it had on the people involved.

This is still a good book and was easy to follow on from the first one. It is well written and the characters are interesting which makes it worth reading.

I would give it a 3 1/2 stars.

Still a good story (second book of the series), but I didn't find it as compelling as the first novel. In this book, the main topic was not Ireland, and the focus was more the relationships between the characters whose developments were for me a bit too predictable. Beautiful descriptions of the French landscape in Bordeaux region were very pleasant to read.
I received a complimentary ARC of this novel from NetGalley and I am leaving voluntarily an honest review.

This book was really good hoow it picked up from happened before. I enjoyed the
Storyline and the chastactes. . This book was approved by by netgalley and the publisher foe ne tor aad and review.