Recent Reads Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

My review: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Once Upon a River is set on the River Thames, and starts with a stormy winter solstice night, and a young girl being rescued from the river, and thought to be drowned, except she wakes up.

Three different people claim her to be their own, but she doesn't say anything, or act as though she recognises anyone.  A couple whose daughter was kidnapped two years ago, a grandfather who hasn't ever seen his granddaughter, and a woman in her forties who recognises the girl as her sister.  But who is she?

All of this, and the stories of Quietly, the ferryman who rescues people, whilst never stopping for rest himself.

This was such a thematic read, with the river ever present, that you could practically feel the dampness everyone spoke about in the book.  I thought the characters were well filled, and the stories being told in the book were very good.

This has a bit of a fantastical, and that works in this setting.  

It's a lovely read, and will sweep you along with it.

Once Upon a River is out on 17th January 2019, and will be available on Amazon, and everywhere else you can find books!

I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and Random House UK (the publishers) for this book.

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