Book Synopsis:
A darkly beautiful dual-timeline novel with a captivating mystery, for fans of Diane Setterfield and Kiran Millwood Hargrave
’Like a surreal cabinet of curiosities – haunting, eerie, evocative’ Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding
When Tartelin Brown accepts a job with the reclusive Marianne Stourbridge, she finds herself on a wild island with a mysterious history.
Tartelin is tasked with hunting butterflies for Marianne’s research. But she quickly uncovers something far more intriguing than the curious creatures that inhabit the landscape.
Because the island and Marianne share a remarkable history, and what happened all those years ago has left its scars, and some terrible secrets.
As Tartelin pieces together Marianne’s connection to the island, she must confront her own reasons for being there. Can the two women finally face up to the painful memories that bind them so tightly to the past?
Atmospheric and deeply emotional, The Unravelling is the captivating novel from the author of The Illustrated Child.
The Unravelling will be published in hardback and ebook on the 6th January 2022. You can pre-order your copy using the links below.
My Review:
The Unravelling is an atmospheric, immersive dual timeline story about butterflies, silk and secrets.
Firstly the thing that most struck me about this book was the author’s beautiful special style of writing that just draws the reader into the story. I felt completely transported to the island with the author’s vivid descriptions helping me to picture the scene so I felt like I was actually there watching everything unfold.
Marianne was an interesting main character who I enjoyed learning more about throughout the book. The timeline moves back and forth between her as a young girl to her as a grown lady. I found both timelines to be very interesting though I must admit Marianne did irritate me in her youth as she seemed so full of herself and quite vain at times. The house and the island seemed like characters themselves at times as they seemed to be trying to hide their secrets at some points. It was great fun to explore them alongside the characters and discover their secrets. I especially loved the beautiful descriptions of the wild life on the island and the unusual taps in the house.
Overall I loved this book which I found hard to put down as I didn’t want to exit the wonderful world the author had created. The gradual revealing of secrets was really well done and there were some twists which took me completely by surprise. I can’t wait to read more from her in the future.
Huge thanks to Sian for inviting me onto the blog tour and to HQ for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Polly Crosby lives in Norfolk with her husband and son, and her very loud and much-loved Oriental rescue cat, Dali. To find out more about Polly’s writing, please visit pollycrosby.com. Polly can also be found on Twitter as @WriterPolly.
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