What a twist! (The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton)

Member Name: sugar78

Product:	The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
Date:	18/06/09 (19 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fantastic writing

Disadvantages: None

I bought this book, and to be honest, was a little sceptical as to if i would read it! I passed on to my mum first who read it within 3 days!! I then did not pick it up until a few months after that.
As soon as i started to read the book, i was enthralled. The images of Nell that you are struck with were fantastic. Kate Morton really excelled herself with this novel.
The story is not so simple as to give the twist away, but the essence is of an older lady (Nell) who lives in Australia. Nell was found abandoned in Australia after travelling from England by a family that took her in and raised her. Years later, her granddaughter (Cassandra) comes to live with her at a young age, as her mother leaves her with her one day. Nell and Cassandra live together until the death of the Nell, and Cassandra gains an inheritance from Nell. The inheritance is a cottage in England, of which Cassandra goes to and the secrets of what happened to Nell and her family emerge.
The book is quite thick and i did not think that i would get through it as quickly as i did. I even found myself cooking and reading the book at the same time! (Trying to cook sausages in a frying pan and holding a book at the same time is no easy task!)
I could not put this book down, and as i read it in bed, my eyes would get that tired that i couldn't put it down. I just needed to get to the other chapter!
I have not read any of Kate Morton' novels before, so she was a completely new writer to me, but i have to say she is fantastic!
Give this one a go, it has a fantastic twist to it, that you wouldn't have thought of and the writing is outstanding.

Summary: Lose yourself in a mystery!