To Capture What We Cannot Keep - Beatrice Colin

[Raine]

TO CAPTURE WHAT WE CANNOT KEEP - Beatrice Colin
5 stars
289 pages

I absolutely devoured TO CAPTURE WHAT WE CANNOT KEEP and just loved it! If this, my first book of 2017 is any indication of my reading enjoyment will be for the year, then I'm all set.

Cait is a young widow who works as a companion for two rich and pretty much obnoxious (in the late 1800 time period) siblings on the brink of adulthood (approx. 20) where they travel to Paris to spend time. This is when the Eiffel Tower is being erected, and the time period, characters, and story fit together well. There is drama - the old fashioned kind but drama all the same - and art and of course, love and love-making.

The main character, Cait, is very strong given her circumstances, and the main male character, Emile, is no slouch in the emotional strength department either. Attempts to manipulate him do not work out well, and as we read on we can just tell he has a heart. Two great characters who are written perfectly for the time period.

Part I sets up the story and then it just takes off from there. Love the ending!

[Nicole R]

Ahhh!!! Bumping this one up!! It caught my eye from the first time I read about it and your review just sealed it.

[Jgrace]

I saw this on the new books shelf at the library. Now I wish I'd picked it up...... but I do have five books out right now.

And 3 leftover 2016 reviews to write.

I'll just add it to that big pile o' books to read.