Review: A pleasant surprise - highly recommended!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2014
Verified purchase on Amazon.co.ukFlood is the third book of the Stolen Years series. Although I haven't read the previous two yet (I got only that one, for now), I enjoyed it, so it's easy to read and to get inside the story even if you missed the other two. I'm sure I will catch up soon anyway!Flood includes a number of different themes, well put together along the main plot. I was particularly charmed by some facts of the Australian history I didn't know about.I found also pretty useful the Australian glossary at the end of the book, that helped me get the Aussie language better.The plot told about Fife Spring's citizens is a fast paced story. A natural disaster triggers a vertigo of events that makes Flood difficult to include into a one single category: romance, thriller, history and disabilities/mental issue are some of theme Ms. Shell managed to tell with a very nice writing style.Characters are well pictured and structured. I found them very realistic also in the dialogues.I also liked the POV chosen by the author: a good choice to improve the reader's reading/story experienceToo bad it's a short novel! Four stars well deserved to it.