If you haven’t, you can buy it at Book Depository (they have free international shipping!) or Waterstones (free delivery on UK orders over £25, will ship internationally).Amy Harmon is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times Bestselling author. Have you read What the Wind Knows? What did you think? Do you agree with what I’ve said about it? Let me know in the comments. However, it did make me curious about the events mentioned. If I had to give What the Wind Knows one criticism, it would be the multiple references to people and dates that I didn’t get – I just didn’t have enough prior background knowledge.

This can’t have been easy, what with time being ‘ coiled into ever-widening (or tightening) circles, layered and wrapped around the next’ and not linear. The author wrote it in a way that made sense. Like other aspects of the book, it was well thought out. The time travel element was very well done. He wasn’t one of those heroes the heroine (or the reader) falls for immediately, but by the end you can’t help but love him. Not a complicated character, he was smart, kind, gentle yet strong, and generous. I also liked how the villains of the story weren’t evil for the sake of being evil they were doing what they truly believed was best. I liked how each of the protagonists were imperfect, neighbour-like people. The characters were all distinct from each other, each with different features and personalities. However, it wasn’t just the love between people explored in the book there was love for a family, a country, and a past time. There were many intense, emotional moments between characters.

The writing is so brilliant that I could feel what they were feeling most of the time. I loved the depth of emotions experienced by various characters. The whole story was heart-wrenching, beautiful, and felt authentic. It was so suspenseful that I always had to read “just one more chapter” to find out what happened next. The writing is poetic and lyrical, and just jumped off the page. I was completely captivated by What the Wind Knows. However, the differences between her and the original Anne eventually puts her life in danger. Once healed, Anne gets involved in Irish independence, and the relationship between her and Thomas develops.

Having been mistaken for Eoin’s long-missing mother, Anne assumes the dead woman’s identity. Her rescuer is Dr Thomas Smith, guardian to Eoin, a six-year-old boy who is Anne’s grandfather.

While scattering her grandfather’s ashes in Lough Gill, she gets lost in a sudden fog, is shot, and is pulled out of the lake in 1921. Synopsisįollowing her grandfather’s death, Anne Gallagher travels to Ireland to find out more about her family. Please see our full disclosure for further information. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission, at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link.

What the wind knows