This review is from 2018 and is kept here for reference. Titles, prices and availability may have changed.
Mia Sheridan
Book ArchiveContemporaryMolten
New Orleans, a city of mystery and magic, of secrets and dreams, and a history drenched in both love and the deepest of heartache.
When ballet dancer Clara Campbell arrives in New Orleans, lonely and homesick, she is immediately captivated by the story of Windisle Plantation and the tragic tale that is said to have transpired beyond its gate. Legend has it that it is abandoned by all living souls, but to Clara's great surprise, it is not a ghost she hears through the stone wall surrounding the property, but a flesh and blood man. A scarred stranger with a pain deeper and darker than the churning waters of the Mississippi river that flows beside his self-imposed prison.
The ruined man behind the wall hides himself from the world. The last thing he expects is to find a friend in the selfless girl who speaks to him through the cracks in the rock. The girl who keeps returning week after week. The girl who makes him wish for things he has long since given up on. The girl who strikes both fear and hope within his wounded heart. But there can be no future for them, no life beyond Windisle, for no one knows better than him that monsters only live in the dark.
The Wish Collector is the story of shame and triumph, of loneliness and love, and the miracle of two hearts connecting despite the strongest of barriers between them.
I’m not even sure how to properly classify this book… it’s in a league of it’s own. It’s modern, but it’s historical, it’s mysterious, honest, sweet, endearing, simple, intense, tragic, suspenseful, spiritual, supernatural, deeply thought provoking, and basically just magically enchanting! Mia has truly outdone herself with this one. If you’ve read and loved Archer’s Voice, The Wish Collector is for you. It has the same feeling but with completely new and exciting characters in a story that is so uniquely captivating it will stick with you for days after… we’re talking serious book hangover here! TOP READ of 2018 for me, hands down and I DON’T say that lightly. I’m in love with this book ❤ Bravo Mia…bravo!
A taste
"If I don't let my tears out, won't I drown inside?"
"Love makes a place for itself even if there isn't one, Mama"…"Love carves into the hardest of places."
"We must never choose safety over right. Safety is the blanket under which cowards sleep. Safety smothers hope and extinguishes all fight."
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