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The Violets of March by Sarah Jio

The Violets of MarchThis book came up as a recommendation when I was poking around the library site looking for a new book for my ride to work.  It looked like it had potential, so I gave it a shot. Emily goes to visit her aunt to try and find inspiration for a new book.  Her aunt, Bee, is the kind of strong and fiercely independent and doting aunt I think many of us wishes we had.  She puts Emily in her mother’s old room and she finds a red velvet journal in one of the drawers and can’t resist beginning to read it.  And there the mystery begins as she emerges herself into the lives of the people in the pages of Esther’s journal and she begins to ponder who Esther really is. Its a charming little tale of forbidden love and family secrets that no one wants to talk about.  It’s a story within a story.  The tale from the past and the mystery of who they really were and the investigation in the current as she learns of her family and the secrets they have all kept that has created rifts in the relations.  Agreed, the story itself is not particularly original, but it is in the way Sarah Jio writes it that makes it intriguing.  It’s not so much that I was caught up in suspense and needing to see what happened next.  But, I did get very much immersed in the lyrical style of her writing.  The story was well told.  Granted, it drug a bit at times, but not overly much so. I think some of what I liked the most in this novel was the interaction between Emily and Bee and some of the other characters.  She created wonderful characters that were believable and human.  I do accept that part of the charm I found in the book was the author’s obvious love of the islands of the Sound, which I understand now that I am myself a resident of one.  The only negative I have on this book is that I feel there were too many loose ends at the end of it.  I am not sure if she intends this to be the first in a series, but I don’t think it lends to a second book.  Even if it did, the end should have been tied up a little bit better.  Not wishing to give away any spoilers, simply there were questions that were left open that I think should have been answered.  That said, I found it to be a very good novel.  Even more so that it was a debut novel. I have read some of the other reviews and many of them are overly harsh on this writer and her book.  I have attempted to read books by seasoned authors that couldn’t come close to the natural ability of this writer.  I suppose the book could fall under the umbrella of chic lit, but it doesn’t to a level that I would find distasteful.  It’s a charming read by a writer that is definitely worth watching in the future.  
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