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Daisy, injured but still alive, listened to Lily, Conor and Rose discuss their options. Conor says he didn’t pass his driving test and that he’ll go to jail. Trixie: 15 years old, sweet, kind, smart child of Lily, who deserves better family and obviously more caring mother. It seems like only her aunt Daisy and Nana truly connects with her. Someone has replaced one of the pictures on Nana’s wall with a DNA test. Conor is the father of Trixie.
Wow! Echoes of Christie's And Then There Were Nonebut turned into something wonderfully original and wrapped in a genuinely creepy dysfunctional family fairy-tale of a novel, this takes Feeney to the next level. I LOVED IT!" First of all, I hated all of the characters which is normally not a problem for me if their interesting and intriguing but this cast was neither of those things.
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If I were to wish upon a star, I would wish that I had written this book. Alas, I am pretty sure that doesn't work and Alice Feeney beat me to it. Perfection. The future is a promise we can still choose whether to keep. The past is a promise we've already broken. I meant those words, and I believe that the present is my only chance to protect this family's future. Sometimes when people try too hard to be more than they are, they end up being less than they were.Ok, I'll give you that they sound good. But what do they mean? I sure don't know.
Why is this interesting? The first murder in the book happens around high tide, meaning that the Darker family is trapped in the house, cut off from civilization, for the next six hours. Since Daisy is born with a heart condition, she repeatedly refers to herself as "broken." This is stated over and over throughout the story, in the most pitiful and woe-is-me way. Since I read the physical copy, I can't do a search for how many times the word "broken" is used, but it wouldn't surprise me if the answer is hundreds of times. At least that's the way it feels.
Her home on the Cornish coast was the setting for my happiest childhood memories. And my saddest. It was where my sisters and I spent every Christmas and Easter, as well as the long summer holidays after my parents got divorced. I’m not the only one with a broken heart in my family. I don’t know whether my parents, or my sisters, or even Nana’s agent take the palm reading about her imminent death seriously, but I do. Because sometimes the strangest things can predict a person’s future. Take me and my name for example. A children’s book called Daisy Darker’s Little Secret changed my family forever and was a premonition of sorts. Because I do have a secret, and I think it’s time I shared it. The ending is OTT, and in a way, it didn’t work for me, as I had to suspend my disbelief regarding both the motives and gameplay of the killer. When one family member is found murdered every hour, the rest must solve the puzzle before they wind up dead.
After catching a glimpse of an early NetGalley review for this title, I was worried that a reviewer who decided to give somewhat of the 'gist' of the big twist in their review had ruined this for me. Having a feeling of what was going on didn't make this as intense as some of the other Feeney books I've read for sure, but I was so swept up in the atmospheric world of Seaglass that I was more than willing to wait it out. Nana Darker– owns Seaglass and is the author of Daisy Darker’s Little Secret, a successful children’s book.Can a name affect a person's future? My answer is no and yes. It all depends on the character of the individual. If the person has great character and got the correct parenting right from childhood, the name will be just another word for them. But if the child is growing up with insecurities without proper parenting, their names can cause problems in their life. The author is trying to discuss this less discussed yet important topic. Nancy and Frank Darker: These two characters are the girls parents and honestly some of the worst parent characters I’ve read about in books. I thought the father was such a bastard (excuse my French) for abandoning Daisy so many times because of her “broken heart”, and the mother… don’t even get me started. What an awful, contrived, egotistical character. I don’t think she cared for or anyone but herself, but these two were both interesting in the grand scheme of the plot. I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher through Edelweiss. It was my pleasure to read and review this latest offering from the very talented Alice Feeney. stars : Many readers are eager to read this book and (almost) everyone describes it as exceptionnal, but I was far from impressed. Anyway, I don’t think my review will stop you from adding it to your TBR since Feeney has already made a name for herself!
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