Catching the Wind

DNF - meh

I really enjoyed this book via audiobooks. The narrator was good and definitely kept me up to speed with all the characters amd their different voices. I loved the fact that there were all these storylines and while I should have seen the ending, I didn't. Which in and of itself was refreshing. I actually teared up at the end. This book was a reminder of why we should consider the plight of the refugee as well. In a way I hadn't thought about in the backdrop of history.

Dual timeline books can be hit or miss for me, but I loved the flow of this one. Melanie Dobson had me turning page after page far into the night as I wondered what happened to Brigitte and if she could possibly survive long enough to be reunited with Deitrich/David. The minute I opened the cover and started reading, I began to scold myself for having waited so long to pick it up. It has a lot of pages, but it doesn't feel long at all.

Quenby was an interesting character and I loved how her job of investigative journalist played into her drive and talents of hunting down what happened to Brigitte so many years before. I was shocked right along with her as clues she found along the way began to give her some answers about her own past as well.

I really appreciated how the romance was downplayed in order to let the mystery take front and center, and how the subtler hints made it feel more romantic by imagination. And that Dumbo ride...so wonderfully romantic a thing to do!

Content: drinking, illegitimate children

Thanks to the publisher for a free reading copy. A positive review was not required.