Blue Slipper Bay

Undercliff #2

by Wendy K. Harris

Sophie, bereft after the loss of her mother and her husband's betrayal, walks out of her demanding profession and her home seeking refuge with her friend, Jill, on the Isle of Wight. She doesn't suspect that she is about to be drawn into another crisis.

Paperback

First published June 15, 2007

Reviews

[Debbie Amanda]

Love this series of books set on the Isle of Wight

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Das Gespräch zwischen Sophie und ihrer Freundin Jill direkt zu Beginn hat mir gar nicht gefallen. Jill war mir sofort unsympathisch. Das erste Kapitel wollte ich trotzdem noch fertig lesen um zu schauen ob es besser wird. Da sich Sophie dann entscheidet, bei eben dieser Freundin Ferien zu machen, macht es glaube ich für mich keinen Sinn weiterzulesen. Habe auch erst jetzt im Nachhinein bei Goodreads gesehen, dass es ein zweiter Band ist. In meiner Ausgabe ist nirgends ein Vermerk dazu.

[LindyLouMac]

Wendy K Harris is one of my favourite Transita authors and I was not disappointed with this follow up to The Sorrow of Sisters, her first novel. Blue Slipper Bay is just as emotional as her first and once again set in the Isle of Wight, with familiar places and characters. It is not necessary to have read the previous novel to enjoy this one, although I would recommend doing so, because the main protagonists are new characters.
Sophie, Jill and Nick who all have traumas in their pasts that they need to reconcile if they are ever going to be happy. Their stories link seamlessly into the lives of the characters previously met in The Sorrow of Sisters. A broken marriage and bereavement bring Sophie to the island to visit her best friend Jill and hopefully restore some balance in her life. Jill meanwhile has some soul searching of her own to do with regards to the effect of her childhood on her behaviour within her marriage, which consequently has put a strain on her relationship with her husband Ash. Nick has sought the island as a retreat from deep grief that is taking him years to recover from.

The theme of love and forgiveness intertwines these characters together as friendships and relationships develop and teeter on the brink of failure. Everything works out as one would hope by the end though because this is after all, though written in a good literary style, still a romantic novel.

I look forward to reading her third novel Roken Edge which will apparently once again be set in the Isle of Wight.

[Sue]

This is a very well-written book, originally intended for older women, though most of the characters are in their thirties. I thought it very well-done, with some intriguing mysteries and clever plotting. There are some likeable, flawed people and evocative settings.

It took a little while to grasp who was who, and that happened again when I re-read eighteen years later. But once I was involved with the characters, it was almost impossible to put down.

This is a sequel to the book 'The Sorrow of Sisters', and while it stands alone, it helps to have read that first.

Four and a half stars, really.

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[Kate Bucci]

I read this because it's set near where I live. Terrible mistake! Very disappointing.

[Sylvia Clare]

once a good frienc who has now moved away - i still love her stories and will re read them in time. But a crackign good read and sequel to the sorrow of sisters

[Trudy Wilson]

Great stort teller