I requested this book because I found the blurb interesting and thought I was going to like it.
As a matter of fact I loved it and I also discovered a new to me author and a lovely series.
The book is engaging, entertaining, and heartwarming.
I liked the concept of a transatlantic book club as much as I loved the well written cast of characters and the plot.
I think will look for the other books in this series and look forward to reading other books by this author.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest review
Totally love this author her description is just out of this world I have read a few of her others and attention to detail is OUTSTANDING again in her new one as well this can be read as stand alone or part of her other works I can't praise it enough and deserves more stars than I can give

This is the first book in the Finfarran series that I have read, and I think it reads well as a stand-alone novel. It’s also the first of Felicity Hayes-McCoy’s novels I have read. But it definitely won’t be the last.
The reading was a little difficult due to the formatting being a bit all over the place (changing to bold or caps mid sentence and having sentence breaks in all the wrong places) but I’m sure that will be taken care of prior to official publication. That aside, it was an enjoyable read with well written characters and lovely details of their different personalities woven into the storytelling. I particularly liked the friendship between Pat and Mary, all the hallmarks of a lifelong friendship and the (at times) brutal honesty between them, always knowing their relationship could take it.
I loved that it was written about a real transatlantic book club too, what a great idea that is and proved to be a superb basis for the story.
I’m hoping that there will be a follow up to Cassie’s story, so I’ll be keeping my eyes open for the next Finfarran book.