What the Wind Knows

This one was great. A strong sense of place with beautiful, poetic prose. Really appreciate Harmon's use of setting/place to immerse us in Ireland 1921. Absolutely ethereal, yet also dark with the implications of that time in Ireland. Harmon has a lot of great books, but this one was especially tense, dark, haunting, and beautiful all at once. One of my favorite reads from her.

I've come to expect five-star reads from Amy Harmon, regardless of how many times I've been burned by other authors that I've done the same with. She has yet to let me down and at this point, I'm not sure she can. I'm consistently blown away by her ability to tell a story. I'm convinced that her words are literal magic. She has the ability to transport you to another place and time. Her characters are all-consuming. The stories she tells are simply stunning and I can't get enough of them.

What the Wind Knows is the story of Anne Gallagher and how she found herself in 1920s Ireland, during a time of war and political unrest. There are true events that occur in this story and they're so well researched and told in a way that you feel like you're experiencing them as they happen. I was so engrossed in this story and in Anne's journey that I couldn't put this book down.

ARC received from NetGalley in exchange for honest review.

This book was so much fun to read. We read it in our book club and, I have to say, that it allowed for a very interesting discussion. Some of us loved the element of fantasy, others not so much. Some loved the happy ending, others thought it was too unrealistic. Now, everybody agree that the author did a very good job mixing together Anne's story and her gradual discovery of her own past, with the historical conflicts of that time in Ireland. I think that was one of the elements of the book that all of us enjoyed. It was fun to see how everybody had an opinion, which I think it's always a good sign.

This was incredible story! I started getting teary-eyed towards the end of the book, not only because of what I was reading, but that I was on the last chapter and I didn't want it to end. I read this with Kindle Unlimited, but I'm going now to purchase the Kindle copy and Audible version to keep. The Audible version was fantastic! If I hear that Amy Harmon is coming to do book signings near me, I will definitely be going to get myself a signed copy! I'd love to thank her in person for bringing so much reading pleasure to my boring life. (lol... not kidding!) I know my T.B.R. list is daunting, but I'm going to look for more of Harmon's books now. This book has made a fan out of me.

This was such a great book! I don't know that I've ever read a work of fiction similar to this one (which could perhaps speak more to my limited exposure, and that's okay by me). It was a page turner for sure, with an incredibly fascinating story weaving in actual history with the narrative. I cried, I laughed, I gasped, and I cried some more. Hoping to read more from this author soon!

Such a stunning book. My father is irish and the historical references were right where they should be. The words flow poetically and was like an Irish version of outlander. I loved this book so much I bought my mum a copy an sent it too Ireland for her too read. It's definitely a book I would happily reread. The ending had me a blubbering mess crying so much. That's extremely rare for me. Thank you Booktok for the recommendation

This is a fairly typical piece of historical romantic wish-fulfillment, and that isn't a genre I particularly like. Nonetheless, it was well executed, if unchallenging, and the central time-travel premise was interesting!

I found it irritating that the central character went from ‘multi-millionaire author' to ‘extremely wealthy doctors wife' to ‘landed gentry' which sat uncomfortably alongside the Irish War of Independence and formation of the IRA... but this I guess is the nature of historical romance, where history is used as an exotic backdrop more than anything we should be challenged with. And as an example of historical romance it was done well.