My rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads 4.16/5
Genre: Modern and
Contemporary Fiction > Romance
Untold Love is Ruth
Jone’s third novel. Her first two Never Greener and Us three where very
enjoyable so, will this one live up to my expectation….read on to find out!
Its Out in September 2022
and will be available in Hardback, Audio book and kindle.
Synopsis
Grace
is about to turn ninety. She doesn’t want parties or presents or fuss. She just
wants to heal the family rift that’s been breaking her heart for decades.
But to do that she must find her daughter Alys – the only person who can help
to put things right.
And when she finds her – if she
does – she risks betraying granddaughter Elin. Who is far less forgiving of the
past, with its hurts and secrets and lies. Meanwhile Grace’s great-grand-daughter Beca is oblivious to all
these worries, too busy navigating the highs and lows of teenage life and
keeping secrets of her own.
All families have their problems. And most of them get resolved. But Grace’s
problem is thirty years old. And she doesn’t have time on her side.
So is it too late for her to make peace? Or is reconciliation still within
reach?
My Review
I was approached by Transworld
publishers and asked if I would like to read a review Untold Love by Ruth jones
and knowing how much I enjoyed us three and never Greener I jumped at the
chance.
Untold love is similar
to us three in that it jumps between characters viewpoints, each chapter is
from one of the characters perspectives, it flows wonderfully, right from the
word go you understand how each character feels, you get drawn in to their family
and feel this pull to keep reading to find out what is going to happen.
It’s a very easy read, at
first, I was unsure where it was going to take me but, as the story unfolded, I
stopped trying to second guess what was going to happen and just followed the
family’s life. With every word you read, you felt all the love and hate that was
being thrown around, I was drawn in and felt as if I was a part of it. This
book oozes love, hate, forgiveness and loss, a real mixture of emotions, it
just constantly keeps you wanting more.
My one criticism of this
book would have to be when Welsh dialect is used in places. I absolutely loved that
it was used as it was all in keeping with the characters but, I had no idea at
times what it meant and had to look it up to translate it. Maybe a page at the
back/front with translation would be useful.
Ruth Jones is definitely
an author I will be keeping an eye out for in the future.
Thank
you netgalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for giving me the
opportunity to read and review Untold love by Ruth Jones.
To read
my review of us three click below
