What a lovely book! I enjoyed reading Little Wishes so much. It was well written, great character development, and the author handled the two different time periods really well. Thanks for allowing me to read this title!

I loved the romantic premise of this book and thought I would love it, but unfortunately, the writing didn't work for me. The problem is that there isn't enough character and plot development to give it the realism for a reader to be engrossed. The setting isn't evoked using all the senses. The narrative moves along briskly with quick descriptions and dialogue instead of drawing the reader into the mind and workings of each character (or even just developing Elizabeth's character and mind to move the narrative along). The plot had some weaknesses for me as well - a central conflict and discovery (between James and Elizabeth) gets wrapped up and explained in a few sentences - this should have more emotion and depth. Some of the plot resolution was brief and hard to accept (such as the tie-in with the art customer who Elizabeth later spots with Tom, or the explanation of the history between the Davenports and the Hales). To me, the book is missing an emotional connection with the reader and because of this weakness, the novel doesn't become a compelling story or elicit the anger, sorrow or disappointment that it should.

This a sad but charming book of true love separated and reunited on the Cornish coast. It's historical fiction with a modern day conclusion.