Book Description
Can you fall in love with someone before you’ve even met?
Seren MacArthur is living a life she never intended. Trying to save the Cornish seaside business her late father built – while grieving for his loss – she has put her own dreams on hold and is struggling. Until she discovers a half-finished seaglass star on her favourite beach during an early morning walk. When she completes the star, she sets into motion a chain of events that will steal her heart and challenge everything she believes.
Jack Dixon is trying to secure a better life for daughter Nessie and himself. Left a widower and homeless when his wife died, he’s just about keeping their heads above water. Finding seaglass stars completed on Gwithian beach is a bright spark that slowly rekindles his hope.
Seren and Jack are searching for their missing pieces. But when they meet in real life, it’s on the opposing sides of a battle. Jack is managing the redevelopment of a local landmark, and Seren is leading the community campaign to save it.
Both have reason to fight – Seren for the cause her father believed in, Jack for his livelihood. But only one can win. With so much at stake, will they ever find what they are really looking for?
My Review
This book captured my heart from the first chapter. It’s a story that made me think about fate, true love and astronomy ! If you love books by Freya North, Carole Matthews and Jenny Colgan, I can guarantee you will love this.
I adored the character Nessie, Jack’s 7 (going on 17) year old daughter, she is a little ray of sunshine in this book, some of the things she said at times reminded me of how my daughter was at that age, all sweet and innocent. My daughter is now 10 and is very much a pre-teen 😩 The similarities between Jack and Seren are uncanny, fate really did want these two together. They are both scared to live their life how they want to – they dream of better things but the past is holding them back. This is something I feel everyone can relate to, I know I do.
I must admit I did have to google sea glass as I had never heard of it before and wow it’s beautiful. I hope to find some when I go on holiday in the summer. This story inspired me to look deeper at things we all take for granted for example I’ve never looked up at the stars at night and found a constellation. I’ve never looked for anything but shells on the beach ! I need to take a leaf out of this book and start living my life and enjoying the little things. I also need to read more by Miranda Dickinson.
Thank you to Anabelle Wright at ed public relations for sending me this arc.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea is out now, published by Pan Macmillan in paperback, eBook and audiobook.
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