The Woman In The Woods Book Review

Hello All, 

So my adult fictional novel for the month was no other than The Woman In The Woods by Lesley Pearse someone I respect alot and she is my buy right away without reading the blurb. 

Fifteen-year-old twins Maisy and Duncan Mitcham have always had each other. Until the fateful day in the wood . . . One night in 1960, the twins awake to find their father pulling their screaming mother from the house. She is to be committed to an asylum. It is, so their father insists, for her own good. It's not long before they, too, are removed from their London home and sent to Nightingales - a large house deep in the New Forest countryside - to be watched over by their cold-hearted grandmother, Mrs Mitcham. Though they feel abandoned and unloved, at least here they have something they never had before - freedom. The twins are left to their own devices, to explore, find new friends and first romances. That is until the day that Duncan doesn't come back for dinner. Nor does he return the next day. Or the one after that. When the bodies of other young boys are discovered in the surrounding area the police appear to give up hope of finding Duncan alive. With Mrs Mitcham showing little interest in her grandson's disappearance, it is up to Maisy to discover the truth. And she knows just where to start. The woman who lives alone in the wood about whom so many rumours abound. A woman named Grace Deville. The Woman in the Wood is a powerful, passionate and sinister tale of a young woman's courage, friendship and determination. Santa Montefiore and Penny Vincenzi fans will swiftly fall for Lesley Pearse's mesmerising novels - you'll want to read them again and again . . . 'Heart-warming and evocative, a real delight to read' Sun 'A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers' Daily Mail 'Glorious, heartwarming' Woman & Home 'Evocative, compelling, told from the heart' Sunday Express

Review

5/5 Stars

What I Expected: Was a historical tale about a woman who lives in the woods and has had a hard life. I expected that maybe she was the one being sent away and what I got wasn't even close to what I expected. I must admit Lesley Pearse outdid herself with this book.

What I Got:  A traumatic, wonderful tale of growth from two young children that have a seriously hard time, however, find solace and help from Grace who is a woman they hear is a mad woman living in the woods. The real danger was going to be closer to home and they were about to have their innocence ripped from them over a summer.

Review: I found that the woman in the woods is often forgotten. Lesley manages to draw out some very strong emotions from her readers in this great tale. It makes you question family and friendships. Seeing Maisy grow into her character was one of the many highlights of this book. Random insight from the murder made it feel a little jerky at times. Softening of the harsh grandmother to the child was a nice turn in the book. Seeing Grace become who she was meant to be was heartfelt and lightening. The constant downfall of Grainger was well done and thought out. There is a really nice touch done with Maisy near the end. A very well out together story that deserves every star it earned.

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Kristal McKerrington