Book review Clarissa's Warning by Isobel Blackthorn. 5 stars. Highly recommended.

You know the feeling when you’re reading a book and as you’re dropping off to sleep, or going about your daytime activities, you think about the characters and what they’ve been up to? That’s what Clarissa’s Warning by Isobel Blackthorn had me doing. I only put it down because I started reading it at a busy time. When the busyness subsided I finished the last half of the book in one sitting.
Isobel Blackthorn has an amazing ability to draw the scenery around her characters with such precision you can feel the wind, the warmth of the sun and admire the geological surrounds.
Blackthorn’s main protagonist, Claire Bennett is a normal woman placed in an abnormal situation that takes her months to come to terms with. Blackthorn weaves the everyday life of people living on the Canary Islands through Claire’s interactions with them. The cafes she eats at, the museums she visits, the beaches where she swims, all draw the reader in to life on these islands.

Claire’s refusal to initially heed her Aunt Clarissa’s warning almost ends in tragedy. Almost. I was exceptionally thrilled with the ending.

I’ve read two other books by this author, and this is the one I enjoyed the most. Every character, every meal eaten, every event, carried the story forward and served a purpose.

Oh, and Paco is a bit of a hunk.

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