As a fan of Cecelia Ahern I have read all of her books and although I enjoyed this latest book, Into the Storm, it is not one of my favourites. This book explored some interesting topics around grief and had aspects of superstition highlighted through the rag tree. An enjoyable read.

Cecelia is one of my favourite authors.
This was a really good book that I thoroughly enjoyed & will recommend to others.
Thanks for the opportunity to read & review it

What a story I couldn't stop reading.

Thank you for the opportunity to review the book

4 stars

This is another fabulous book by Cecelia Ahern. I’ve read all of her previous books and this is definitely one of my favourites.
It’s a complex and well written book that pulled me in quickly.
It’s a little different from her usual books and is hugely enjoyable.

I'm not one to give up on a book and I'm glad I didn't in this instance. It took me a while to get into the book and to begin with I wasn't enjoying the scene setting despite loving the plot.

Enya has everything a professional could want, a successful career, loving husband and son who she worships. BUT is this what life is all about? Enya makes a bold move to try and remove herself from the life she has grown away from, in the hope that the grass is greener, but maybe it isn't?

I didn't immediately gel with Enya as a character but as the story evolved, I began to start routing for her and could empathise with the way she was acting. Her relationship with her mum and the underlying story that navigated through the book was interesting but it didn't hold my attention as much as the main storyline surrounding the boy that was found on the road.

The stand out character for me was Margaret. I found myself chuckling at some of the things she said and did and this was a real highlight. She brought a lightness to some of the situations which I enjoyed.

I enjoyed the book and glad I finished it, thank you Netgalley for the ARC.

Thank you to HarperCollins and NetGalley for my pre publication digital copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review.

I have enjoyed other Cecelia Ahern books more than this one, however I’ve rated 4 stars as I think the main character Enya’s issues with anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder etc are described and explored so well. This makes a sometimes difficult to believe plot line more authentic sounding in some respects. I empathised with Enya somewhat but didn’t like her, which is fine,
I don’t ‘need’ to like main characters. There were a couple of interesting red herrings, and I did surmise the wrong turn at one point. The pace was a little slow through much of the story but did really pick up later in the book, and I didn’t feel the ending was too rushed as so often happens with this type of novel. I recommend this, it’s a good read.

The book begins with a drive in a storm. GP Enya can barely see out of her windows and is flagged down by a taxi driver who has come across a teenager who has been run over. Enya gets out of her car and performs CPR on t(e boy who reminds her of her son back at home and he’s even wearing similar clothes so she keeps thinking it could have been him.
The book follows Enya slowly breaking her life apart when her father suggests her as a replacement GP for a friend of his who wants to retire.
It’s not until near the end of the book that the truth of what really happened that night is revealed.
It was well written, as all of Cecelia Ahern’s books are but it had a much darker ending than most of them have.

I’m unsure as to whether I loved this book or whether I found it hard going. There are a few threads for this story; but the main thread is that Dr Enya Pickering is feeling anxious…she is a year away from turning 47 which is the age her mum was when drowned and died. Enya has a whole range of overwhelming feelings about this that are affecting her everyday life and actions. In a stormy night after returning from
an emergency call; she comes across a road accident and saves a boys’ life; but there is a lot more to the story; this should cause her to be a hero, but she’s full of secrets and distress leads her to leave her son and life to become a rural GP. There a lot of twists that eventually lead us to finding out who did cause the original accident. Then tension outweighed the actual truth and it did seem to take a very long time to get there; but overall I did enjoy the book.

Cecelia Ahern has a unique ability when crafting a story, to delve into your heart with her characters and her stories stay with you.
The storyline focuses on Dr Enya Pickering and her family. One night, Enya encounters a hit & run, while driving home during a terrible storm. Ultimately, she saves the victim. But the events prove a catalyst in leading Enya to escape to the village of Abbeydooley. Abbeydooley is the home of a "rag tree", which holds an important place in the hearts of local people and also plays a role in daily lifeAs Enys struggles to settle into her new life, the past continues to haunt her.
I raced through Into The Storm in one day, utterly unable to put it aside. I loved it, especially the 'newspaper clippings' from her mother and the details of Irish mythology.

I find this author's books hit and miss sometimes! Some books I love, others not so much. This book, for me, was okay. It follows the story of Dr Enya Pickering who comes across a teenage boy in the road on a stormy night following a hit and run. She has to perform CPR to save him but from that point everything in her own life begins to fall apart.

I have to admit I found Enya's character really complicated and the storyline equally so! She has some issues in her life, mostly leading back to her mother's death at an early age and this does affect some decisions Enya makes. I liked her move to the little Irish village of Abbeydooley, although some of the villagers there were a little strange. The author, as in most of her books, has weaved a tale full of twists and turns, and whilst I found it to be slow and complicated initially when we were coming up to the end the pace picked up and things began to explain themselves. For me, the last 15-20% was definitely the best. It wasn't one of my favourite reads by this author, but I'll still continue to read what the author writes in the hope I'll find another WOW book!

Enjoyable read. One night following a storm and an accident one lad is left for dead but the story around the accident is unclear. The impact on Enya and her family is immense. The town of abbey Dooley is a community and can Enya fall in love with it.

This book has several stories that thread themselves throughout.

Each story in itself I want to know more

All about relationships, love and family.

Also lots about the legend of the rag tree

Another beautiful book from Cecelia Ahern.

The story weaves in the past and present for the main character, Enya, as her life unfolds in the year following the storm, and the far reaching implications.

There are some challenging themes which have been written so sensitively I could ‘feel’ the emotion and really emphasise with Enya and her situation. The references to Enya’s mothers writing was a lovely touch and brings another layer of depth to the story.

I’m really grateful for the opportunity to read and review Into The Storm, thank you.

So good to read Cecelia Ahern again, she writes characters so well.
The book opens with Enya , a GP who is driving through horrendous weather and comes across an accident. A boy is lying in the road, having been hit by a car. And from this event, Enya's life begins to unravel.
This book had me totally hooked and I read it in one sitting on a summer's day. I cried and smiled.
Beautiful.

A good story. It's not my usual genre, but I'm aware of this authors esteem and it sounded interesting. I read it quite quickly, it was a little flowery for me at times, but overall a good read.

This was definitely a different style to what I've come to expect from Ahern, Into the Storm is a dramatic tale of a woman struggling with her identify and mental health after resuscitating a young teen after a hit and run.

We follow her healing journey as she retreats to Abbeydooley to explore her present and past traumas and to embrace truth in all its forms.

While this wasn't my cup of tea - it was a bit too heavy for me, the writing is beautiful. The characters are realistic and flawed and are the backbone of the story. The plot twists and turns and keeps you guessing.

I'd recommend this in general, but it's a weaker entry by Ahern.

Cecelia Ahern never disappoints. Her books are always so moving and this one is no different. The characters are likeable and it focuses on an emotional journey more than anything else.

I've read a lot of Cecelia Ahern's previous books but this is different to those. Intense and enjoyable, Into The Storm follows Dr Enya Pickering after finding a car crash in the middle of a storm and how her life unravels following it.

I'm a huge fan of celia aherne and this book didn't disappoint me. A brilliant story that is very fast paced with some decent twists and turns along the way. Absolutely brilliant.

Loved this book, however unlike every other Cecilia Ahern book I have read it didn't make me cry. The mystery around who hit Ross kept me guessing throughout and I loved the character growth Enya went through.

I also really enjoyed the brief exploration into her mother through the articles she had written. Would recommend.

'Into the Storm' is not the smoothest read. At times the narrative feels erratic, like the story is somehow crumbling away. However Cecelia Ahern's beautiful writing and the cast of flawed, but so very human characters, easily sustained this reader to the conclusion. Dr Enya, the central character, is a singularly unreliable narrator. She struggles with the events surrounding the night of the storm, whilst also trying to finally come to terms with her mother's drowning at the age she herself is soon to turn. Simultaneous we empathize with Enya whilst being slightly repelled by her. The story seems fragile and uncertain reflecting Enya's inner struggles. The pagan, Celtic folklore and the water motif enhance the story whilst highlighting the ephemeral nature of human dramas when set against the timelessness of landscape, wind and water. Special thank you to HarperCollins UK and NetGalley for a no obligation advance review digital copy.