Friday, October 1, 2021

The Island Daughter by Helena Halme

Rating: WARTY!

Another cookie-cutter clone story: "After a devastating tragedy, Alicia returns to her island home to take care of her mother. There, she finds herself torn between duty and happiness - and unearths long-buried family secrets that upend her world." If I had a dime for every fictional woman who flees back to her hometown and uncovers a shocking secret I'd be richer than Jeff Bezos, may God rend his soul. And what's with the title? It turns the woman into a possession or appendage of someone else rather than her being her own person.