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After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis’s father, a former army Colonel who is already embarrassed by his son’s inability to serve in WWII due to his being colorblind. To Maddie’s horror, Ellis decides that the only way to regain his father’s favor is to succeed in a venture his father attempted and very publicly failed at: he will hunt the famous Loch Ness monster and when he finds it he will restore his father’s name and return to his father’s good graces (and pocketbook). Joined by their friend Hank, a wealthy socialite, the three make their way to Scotland in the midst of war. Each day the two men go off to hunt the monster, while another monster, Hitler, is devastating Europe. And Maddie, now alone in a foreign country, must begin to figure out who she is and what she wants. The novel tells of Maddie’s social awakening: to the harsh realities of life, to the beauties of nature, to a connection with forces larger than herself, to female friendship, and finally, to love.
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I received an ARC of this book from NetGally.
I was really looking forward to reading this book as I am a fan of Sara Gruen but this book left me wanting more. For one thing the main character is incredibly shallow in the beginning and we are expected to believe that she's "matured" by the end of the book but I didn't really feel that she had. Yes, she is a little more likable in the end of the book but the boom doesn't go into great detail how she transforms other than she starts helping out around the inn.
Another thing that left me lacking was the whole book changed halfway through. in the beginning its more like literature and then all of a sudden its historical romance trying to be literature. And the change, like the new relationship, just happens. There is really no build up or hint that these two people have feelings for each other until all of sudden they do.
I will give the book marks for a unique storyline (hunting for Nessie) although I did feel I was reading "Water for Elephants 2" as the character plot is very simialir (damaged women in a terrible marriage falls for someone she shouldn't) but overall this wasn't my favorite by her.
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