Do you ever feel that life isn't going to plan?
When Alice Thorington collapses in the street after a particularly hellish day at work, she must finally admit to herself that her outwardly happy life - steady relationship, well-paid job, beautiful flat in the city - isn't everything she'd hoped it would be. Burnt out by long hours and living a life that doesn't fulfil her dreams, Alice returns home to Yorkshire.
Her childhood home brings complicated family dynamics, a rediscovery of her passion for stargazing and two new friends: Berti, a boy who finds it easier to count the stars than interact with people, and Matt, her brother's best friend and Alice's teenage crush. With each of them facing their own struggles, can the stars that meant so much to Alice in her past help them to find their way in the present?
Filled with heart and warmth, this uplifting novel reminds us all that we need the darkness if we want to see the stars.
If you haven't read any of Eleanor Ray's books yet then you are missing a real treat. I loved Everything is Beautiful and adored The Art of Belonging so I couldn't wait to read her third novel, See the Stars and it is simply breathtaking. Eleanor Ray will be seeing a lot of stars as the reviews start rolling in.
I loved Alice from the start, although her place in my affections was seriously challenged by young Berti who she befriends at the library. Alice returns to her childhood home in Yorkshire to convalesce after a heart episode. Yorkshire holds so many memories for her, both good and bad, and Alice has regrets about the last words she spoke to her Grandad before he died.
It was Alice's Grandad who taught her about the night sky and he kept detailed notes about his search for an undiscovered comet. Along with Berti, Alice is determined to continue her Grandad's search and she must revisit some parts of her past she would rather keep buried.
There is so much I could say about this book but you really must discover it for yourself and I don't want to spoil it. The writing is sublime and the plot is both engaging and surprising, making it difficult to put down and I read it faster than I expected. I definitely want to read it again as I'm already missing the characters and if I had the time, I would have turned back to the first page as soon as I had read the final word.
Incredibly poignant and wonderfully uplifting, See the Stars is a beautiful book and worth so much more than five stars; if I could award more stars, I would.
I chose to read a digital ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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Purchase link: https://geni.us/SeetheStars
About the author
Eleanor Ray is the author of the highly acclaimed novels Everything is Beautiful and The Art of Belonging. She has an MA in English Literature from Edinburgh University and had a career in financial marketing before turning to writing. She lives in London with her husband and three young children.
See the Stars, her new novel, is about reclaiming our dreams and was inspired by her own career change. Her son’s passion for space fuelled her research, and together they visited science museums, planetariums and observatories around the world. She is currently writing her next novel.
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