Review: Garden of Stars

Garden of Stars by Rose Alexander
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I think one of the things that drew me to the book was how pretty the cover was. It gave me this relaxes feel. Although I don’t recall reading a book by Rose Alexander didn’t shy me away from it. I did give this book a four star review as I enjoyed it very much.

There are several journeys in this book, a marriage from the past and the other in the present. The stories are woven together. The two ladies in the book are aunt and niece, both harboring inner secrets of the men they actual love, and the men they marry. Sarah has never gotten over someone she met in Portugal many years ago. As time moves on Sarah does marry, but when her life becomes restless, she’s asked if she will go and write a story on Cork. She goes back to Portugal, not sure if she’s going there to relive her youth, or is she seeking out the love she left behind there.
Her Aunt Ines has a diary which is given to Sarah, as she reads the diary, of Ines’s youth, and life in Portugal, in the diary, there are family secrets, and some of them will shed some light on Sarah.

The author has done a great job of describing Portugal to where one feels like they are there or have been there. The story is well written, filled with strong emotions, and the characters are well woven and developed to where the reader can relate to them. The reader is kept engaged in the stories, which I found easy to follow. There was a section I felt that slowed down the book, but I kept with it and before long I was back on track with the story. For being a debut book, I can see the author will have success for many years to come.



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