What if your mother knows you better than you know yourself?
On remote Tuga de Oro, vet Charlotte Walker has been taken to the islanders’ hearts and, between days on the farms and nights with a new love interest, she’s content to remain in blissful retreat from her real life, in London.
Just for now, obviously.
Until real life hits the island with the force of a tropical storm: Charlotte’s mother arrives.
Lucinda Compton-Neville knows an identity crisis when she sees one, and has come to haul her daughter back on course: back to England, back to her career, back home where she belongs.
Funny, moving, and hope-filled, Island Calling is the joyous second novel in the Tuga Trilogy – about mothers and daughters; about holding on and letting go.
What did I think?
The tropical island of Tuga is open to readers once again and I couldn't be more delighted to take a virtual trip to see what the characters are up to in part two of the trilogy, Island Calling.
The island may be open to readers but it's not open to visitors, however, one strong-willed woman manages to make it ashore. Lucinda Compton-Neville has come to bring her daughter home but Charlotte's work studying the island's tortoises is far from over. In a battle of wills, the mother-daughter relationship is stretched to breaking point in a funny, poignant and heartwarming kind of way.
I loved picking up with the characters where we left off in Welcome to Glorious Tuga and particularly enjoyed reading about the mother-daughter relationships in the book. It's very true that although you might argue from time to time, it's quickly forgiven and forgotten as a mother's love really knows no bounds. I'm not a mother but I am a daughter and I really tested those bounds over the years!
The pacing is gentle but the story is compelling so the pages keep turning effortlessly as we peek into the lives of our favourite islanders. There's a bit of drama, a sprinkling of romance and a few surprises in store in this instalment and I can't wait to see how it all wraps up in book three.
Grab your virtual passport and take a trip to Francesca Segal's fictional island of Tuga. It's a place you won't want to leave once you set foot on the colourful and welcoming land. A very highly recommended read filled with drama, love and a warmth that has made a permanent Tugan-shaped home in my heart.
I received a gifted hardback to take part in the Insta Book Tours readalong and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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