Full Moon Over Kabul

This was a strong romance novel and enjoyed that it was in a different setting than I was expecting. The overall story worked well together and enjoyed how good the characters worked in this story. Barbara Kastelin has a strong writing style and was glad it was written so well.

I'm grateful to Netgalley and Troubador for this eARC.

I requested this book because the title intrigued me a lot, and I love the book's cover. Itsya beautiful painting. This is the first book I've read by Barbara Kastelin, and now I'm going to read more of her works.

Full moon over Kabul follows the story of a woman, Colette, who takes up a job to teach French to Afghan men in Kabul, and how this decision has a domino effect on the course of her life- personal and professional.
There are themes of forbidden love amidst religious, political, and extremist tensions. The backdrop of Kabul and Europe support the intensity of the narrative.

The ghosts of love are hard to let go of, even more when they keep coming back to bite you.

Parallel to this unfolding drama in pursuit of love and its demons, and the total chaos of what it brings, there's another narrative where Colette has to fight a person hell bent on using her story for his own aggrandizement.

It's a quick, fast paced read, and has a gripping storyline.
I would like to specially mention that I loved the author's technique of describing cities (from different reference points) from the beginning of the book.