Review: A great debut novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 3, 2013
I must admit that I'll read any romance story by an Australian author, so it's great to add Victoria Purman to my list.  Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, as a kid I spent many summer weekends on the beaches of the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula with my cousins.  Years down the track, the beaches were the same but the company was a boyfriend and instead of building sandcastles, it was beach cricket and body surfing.The wonderful description of the region, the beaches and the long drive down Willunga Hill through the beautiful McLaren Vale wine district bought back wonderful, wonderful memories. Thank you Victoria.With regards to the storyline, I enjoyed the characters of Ry and Julia immensely and certainly the idea of rekindling an attraction from years ago works well.The book is an easy read with some interesting twists and turns in the plot.  However, I found it a little slow in places. I caught myself thinking  how long is it going to take for these two to figure out they need to be together.I imagine the next instalment will deal with Lizzie and Dan and look forward to reading it.Overall, a great debut novel.