I’m delighted to be sharing my thoughts about The Getaway by Isabelle Broom.
- Publisher : Hodder Paperbacks (10 Jun. 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 416 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1529325145
- ISBN-13 : 978-1529325140
Sometimes it takes losing everything to find the person you need . . .
Most people travel to Croatia for its endless sunshine, pebbly beaches and crystal clear sea.
Kate goes there to disappear.
She needs to escape from a life that has fallen apart in spectacular and public fashion, and no one on the beautiful island of Hvar knows who she is or what she’s running away from.
Until she meets another lonely soul.
Alex is different to any man Kate has ever known, yet the connection between them is undeniable. She soon begins to open up in ways she never has before – not even to herself. But Kate is not the only person in Hvar hiding secrets. And, as she is about to discover, it is always only a matter of time before the truth catches up with you . . .
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Book Review
When we first meet Kate life couldn’t be any crueller. It seems as if humiliation and failure are being heaped upon her. I felt embarrassed and uncomfortable for her and even found myself squirming in my chair. At the back of my mind, I was wondering how they got to that place. I liked her straight away and wanted a win to come through for her to boost her spirits.
Her brother Toby is opening up a hostel in Hvar and is behind schedule and when Kate suggests she helps out so that James can see he really does need her, Toby is behind her 100%.
And WOW, Hvar and the Pakleni Islands are fabulous. Isabelle Broom’s settings always totally transport me to another place, another country, but The Getaway beats them all hands down. Beautiful, just beautiful. I can guarantee you will feel like you’re there too.
On Kate’s first day, at Toby’s recommendation, she goes off to explore Jerolim on her own. And what a hoot! There’s a really funny scene that had me chortling (and even now as I’m writing this). Kate is, of course, mortified 🙂 There’s another scene too that had me belly laughing …
Something clicked for me at the end of Part One and tied up something I had been puzzling over.
And I knew something wasn’t quite right but couldn’t think what it was. Of course it all makes sense once you know!
I loved the interior design thread running through the story. That’s another thing Isabelle Broom is good at, the occupations of her characters.
“In the far distance, the large red bulb of the sun was about to plant itself into the bed of night <snip>.”
Love this sentence.
When you can’t quite remember something, this is how it feels isn’t it:
“A memory tugged, but it was too quiet; and even as she felt it, it was gone, had slipped back into the misty corners of her subconscious.”
I LOVED Kate realising she is capable and has many strengths and begins to trust herself. I also loved the romance. The friendship. And the depth of feelings.
So much to love about this story!
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If you can’t fly away this year, this is the perfect antidote.
The Getaway is the perfect summer read. Highly recommended.
Isabelle Broom was born in Cambridge nine days before the 1980s began and studied Media Arts in London before a 12-year stint at heat magazine. Always happiest when she’s off on an adventure, Isabelle now travels all over the world seeking out settings for her escapist fiction novels, as well as making the annual pilgrimage to her second home – the Greek island of Zakynthos. Currently based in Suffolk, where she shares a cottage with her two dogs and approximately 467 spiders, Isabelle fits her writing around a busy freelance career and tries her best not to be crushed to oblivion under her ever-growing pile of to-be-read books.
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