Start the Year Right with a Great New Read from Julia Kelly

by Donna Huber

Are you looking for your first 5-star read of the year? Then you need to pick up Julia Kelly's new novel The Last Garden in England. It was so good that I wish there was more or that I had read it slower.

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January 2021; Gallery Books; 978-1982107826
audio, ebook, print (368 pages); historical fiction

Sometimes there is one timeline I enjoy more than the others, but I loved all three. I couldn't wait to dive deeper when one of the present-day characters unearthed a tidbit of historical relevance. Or seeing how an event in the past played out in the present day. 

With so many people taking up gardening during the pandemic I felt the central focus on this one garden to be perfect, very apropos. I wanted to learn just as much about the garden as I did about the characters that walked among its blooms. And I loved the characters. They were so alive that I felt like I could go out and meet them. 

I have read Kelly's last three historical novels and have enjoyed them all, but I think The Last Garden in England is her best one yet.

Buy The Last Garden in England at Amazon

Donna Huber is an avid reader and natural encourager. She is the founder of Girl Who Reads and the author of how-to marketing book Secrets to a Successful Blog Tour.

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