What the Wind Knows

This one was great. A strong sense of place with beautiful, poetic prose. Really appreciate Harmon's use of setting/place to immerse us in Ireland 1921. Absolutely ethereal, yet also dark with the implications of that time in Ireland. Harmon has a lot of great books, but this one was especially tense, dark, haunting, and beautiful all at once. One of my favorite reads from her.

I've come to expect five-star reads from Amy Harmon, regardless of how many times I've been burned by other authors that I've done the same with. She has yet to let me down and at this point, I'm not sure she can. I'm consistently blown away by her ability to tell a story. I'm convinced that her words are literal magic. She has the ability to transport you to another place and time. Her characters are all-consuming. The stories she tells are simply stunning and I can't get enough of them.

What the Wind Knows is the story of Anne Gallagher and how she found herself in 1920s Ireland, during a time of war and political unrest. There are true events that occur in this story and they're so well researched and told in a way that you feel like you're experiencing them as they happen. I was so engrossed in this story and in Anne's journey that I couldn't put this book down.

ARC received from NetGalley in exchange for honest review.

This book was so much fun to read. We read it in our book club and, I have to say, that it allowed for a very interesting discussion. Some of us loved the element of fantasy, others not so much. Some loved the happy ending, others thought it was too unrealistic. Now, everybody agree that the author did a very good job mixing together Anne's story and her gradual discovery of her own past, with the historical conflicts of that time in Ireland. I think that was one of the elements of the book that all of us enjoyed. It was fun to see how everybody had an opinion, which I think it's always a good sign.