Review: Intriguing? Magical? Emotional? Vintage? hum maybe....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2012
This book was offered free on Amazon.com and after reading the reviews I was hopeful for a romantic easy read.  For some reason I had a hard time getting into this one.  However I didn't give up I would pick it up and put it down but I continued reading it something had me to where I couldn't dismiss it as a bad book.  Honestly it took me several days to actually get into it but when I did I was hooked and didn't put it down.  I instantly loved Ella (my grandmother's name) and Billy. I didn't trust Katrina or her mother.  Fabbia was very likable but what was she hiding?  David may have been "too good to be real"-perhaps that was what Fabbia thought deep down inside.  Loved the details of the vintage clothing..LOVE IT!  The chapters regarding Eustacia Beddowes was quite entertaining.  I loved the details of her life and her closet. A journal of everything she owned with every last detail of where it came from and when she wore it-amazing!  I loved her great-cousins Sylvia and Camilla.  Camilla was such a hoot (would like a friend like her-free spirited and fun).  When Fabbia decided that it was time to tell Ella about the past that she was hiding..I was captivated and felt like I was there in the mall.  Most importantly do not pass up reading the "epilogue".  Very good story.  I am happy I stuck to it!