November 6, 2017

The Silent Fountain by Victoria Fox - Review

I received this book free from the publisher. All opinions are my own

Book details
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: MIRA (October 31, 2017)

Book description

Hollywood, 1978

Tragedy sends troubled film star Vivien Lockhart into the arms of Giovanni Moretti—and it seems her fortunes have finally changed. Until she meets his sister and learns that her new husband’s past holds dark secrets…

Tuscany, Present day

Lucy Whittaker needs to disappear. But her new home, the crumbling Castillo Barbarossa, is far from the secluded paradise it seemed. Strange sounds come from the attic. The owner of the house will never meet her in person.

The fountain in the courtyard is silent—but has never run dry.

Across the decades, Vivien and Lucy find themselves trapped in the idyllic Italian villa.

And if they are ever to truly escape its walls, they must first unearth its secrets…


Meet the author - Victoria Fox
Victoria Fox is a bestselling author in the UK. She used to work in publishing and is now the author of six novels. The Silent Fountain is her breakout novel in North America. She divides her time between Bristol and London.

Connect with Victoria
Website | Facebook | Twitter

My thoughts
From the first page this book transports you to another place that is both beautiful and intriguing at the same time. The author did a good job of weaving the two stories from the past and present together without them feeling like two complete stories. It made reading the book fun to go back an forth. There was an underlying mystery in this book that you could not wait to figure out. The author did a good job of describing the setting and the house - I could almost feel the darkness  of the Castillo Barbarossa. I thought the characters were well developed. All in all a good book to read on a gloomy day. 


TOUR STOPS:

Monday, October 30th: OMG Reads – excerpt
Tuesday, October 31st: From the TBR Pile
Tuesday, October 31st: Art Books Coffee on Instagram
Tuesday, October 31st: A Thousand Books to Read on Instagram
Wednesday, November 1st: Annika B Bauer on Instagram
Wednesday, November 1st: Beach.House.Books on Instagram
Thursday, November 2nd: The Lit Bitch
Monday, November 6th: A Holland Reads
Monday, November 6th: Girls in Books blog and Instagram
Tuesday, November 7th: All Roads Lead to the Kitchen blog and Instagram
Wednesday, November 8th: Suzy Approved – excerpt
Thursday, November 9th: Books & Bindings
Friday, November 10th: Patricia’s Wisdom
Monday, November 13th: Ms Nose in a Book
Monday, November 13th: Just One More Chapter
Tuesday, November 14th: Kritter’s Ramblings
Wednesday, November 15th: A Chick Who Reads
Thursday, November 16th: Broken Teepee blog and Instagram
Thursday, November 16th: Bibliotica
Friday, November 17th: Jathan & Heather
Sunday, November 19th:From A to Pink
Monday, November 20th: LiteraryJo Reviews blog and Instagram
Tuesday, November 21st: Novel Gossip blog and Instagram
Wednesday, November 22nd: Thoughts on This ‘n That
Friday, November 24th: Kahakai Kitchen blog and Instagram
TBD: Bookish Cassie on Instagram
TBD: Palmer’s Page Turners – excerpt

1 comment:

  1. This sounds like a lovely read! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for being a part of the tour!

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