This was a nice easy read thaf I read in one sitting. It isn’t my usual genre but I was glad I read it.

I really liked the links between the past and present day and how everything ties together. I enjoyed reading about people's lives and the turns they take. I thought though that this book was not as good as the first in the series.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I was disappointed with this book from Daniela Sacerdoti, i felt it was not as good as her first one.

Following the death of her mother, Cora and her brother, Stephen, discover they didn’t know everything about their mother. A box containing a key leads them to discover that their mother owned a cottage on the remote Scottish island of Seal. For Cora, handling the key evokes a strange sense of yearning, a feeling a little like déjà vu. Already with her mother’s death, she feels a sense of displacement from her current life – feeling like ‘a stranger in a strange land’. No longer do the busy streets of London fill her with excitement: ‘I’d begin to feel overwhelmed by the noise and the smells if the city.’ Something has changed for Cora. ‘My mum’s death had been like that – a tiny event in the big picture of things, no more than a minute shift of the axis, and yet it had brought a monumental change in my life, a change to everything I was, everything I loved, everything I’d built up to then....I existed in a world that had changed all its rules.’

The cottage offers the prospect of a new start, leaving behind her grief at her mother’s death, failed relationships, a struggle to make progress with the book she has been working on and a feeling that maybe her heart is ‘asleep’. Don’t worry; it won’t be long before it is awoken.

For those familiar with Daniela Sacerdoti’s books, it won’t be a surprise to learn that along with the romantic storyline there is an underlying sense of the mystical or supernatural, a strong element of folklore and an atmospheric sense of place. The location, on a remote Scottish island at the mercy of the wind and weather, is the perfect place for these different strands to come together.

There is also a strong sense of the past and present intertwining as the present day story of Cora is interspersed with a complementary story from 1745 recounting the experiences of Margaret McCrimmon, caught up in the climax of the Jacobite risings. The narrative moves seamlessly between the two stories with the two women’s lives follow a similar trajectory that involves love and hope for the future, but not before very real dangers have been navigated.

I’ll confess that I sometimes struggle with books that have dual time narratives, often finding the story set in the past more compelling than that set in the present. I’m pleased to say I Will Find You was an exception. I think this is because the main characters in the present day storyline, Cora and Innes, felt absolutely believable as characters. In particular, Innes, for whom the author creates a complex and traumatic back story. His memories of deeply unsettling events from his childhood help to explain his restless spirit, his history of failed relationships and his feeling that he is ‘tainted’.

By the way, I loved the way the book is structured with a Prologue and (sort of) Epilogue framing three sections, appropriately titled (because of the role the sea plays in the book) ‘Low Tide’, ‘Flood Tide’ and ‘High Tide’. For those who don’t know (and I had to look it up), a flood tide is the incoming or rising tide that occurs between the time when the tide is lowest and the time when the following tide is highest.

For those who have read the first book in the series (although this isn’t essential, as I Will Find You works perfectly well as a standalone), there are walk on parts for a couple of the characters from Keep Me Safe. Finally, I need to mention the final section of the book, entitled ‘Book of Souls’ which addresses another theme common to the author’s books, that of the past repeating itself – or perhaps, echoing is a more apt word – down the years.

If you’re a reader looking for a compelling, emotional story with an atmospheric setting and who has a few tissues handy for the end, then there’s good news - I Will Find You has found you!

I received an advance review copy courtesy of publishers, Headline, and NetGalley in return for an honest and unbiased review.

I have been a fan of Daniela’s books for quite a while now and I eagerly read each new book that she releases. I had high hopes for ‘I Will Find You’ and I was not to be disappointed because I totally loved it but more about that in a bit.
Cora loses her beloved mother and grief has hit her hard, as you might expect. Whilst clearing her mother’s stuff she comes across a key. The mystery of this key intrigues her and when she discovers that the key opens a box, she eagerly opens it. Inside is a photo of her mother, who is stood in front of a house with a friend. The photo was taken on Seal Island and Cora later discovers that her mother owned a house on Seal Island. To satisfy her own curiosity and because she feels drawn to Seal Island, Cora resolves to go and visit the island. Cora is a strong and determined woman and by looking into the mystery, she hopes that she will feel even closer to her mother. The other main character is called Margaret and her story takes part in times gone by. She was a servant, who fell for the Laird’s son and despite the vast gulf in social standing, she becomes involved with him. Will Cora find the answers she is looking for? Will Margaret find happiness and love with the Laird’s son or will too many obstacles be put in the way? Are Cora and Margaret’s stories connected and if so how? Well for the answers to those questions and more you are just going to have to read the book for yourselves as I am not going to tell you.
The author’s writing style is such that you can’t fail to be drawn in from the first word on the first page and it is almost as if the book has a hold over you. The author made Seal Island sound idyllic and I was almost tempted to pack my bags and go for a visit. Seal Island sounds like the perfect place to go when you just need to get away from it all or you need time to heal from some great emotional trauma. The descriptions of the area are so vivid that if I closed my eyes, I could almost imagine that I was there on the island with the wind whipping into my face. What I like about this author is the fact that she writes about difficult topics with great sensitivity and in a sympathetic manner. I couldn’t help but feel for both Cora and Margaret as regards some of the problems that they came across.
Once I started reading ‘I will Find You’, I was hooked and I just needed to feed my addiction of just one more page, just one more chapter and so on and so forth. I was so gripped by the story that I totally immersed myself in it and it was almost as if I was actually there with Cora and Margaret and witnessing how their stories turned out. I guess in a way that’s exactly what I was doing. Reading ‘I Will Find You’ was like being on an emotional rollercoaster ride with all the twists and turns and moments where my stomach felt as though it had tied itself up in knots. The characters are so well described that I almost felt that they were friends of mine and I genuinely cared about what was happening to them.
‘I Will Find You’ works perfectly well as a standalone but because I am a bit OCD, I would advise that you read the first book in the Seal Island series, which is called ‘Keep Me Safe’ and was released in April 2017.
To conclude, I would have to say that I really did enjoy reading ‘I Will Find You’ even if it did turn me into an emotional wreck and I would wholeheartedly recommend this book and this author to other readers. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a well deserved 4* out of 5*.

I Will Find You is the second in the Seal Island series but the story stands perfectly well on its own. If you have read the first book, Keep Me Safe, you will spot pleasing references to that story. There is also more than a passing reference to Glen Avich, the setting for many of this author's other books.

There are two stories running in parallel throughout this book and often mirroring each other. In the present Cora, grieving the death of her mother, discovers a key to an box containing an old photograph of her mother, laughing with a friend in front of an unknown house. She is a very intrigued to learn that her mother owned this isolated cottage on the beautiful Seal Island, off the west coast of Scotland. Cora doesn't know why, but the photo stirs strong emotions in herself and she feels an emotional connection to the island. When she goes there to investigate more, she finds herself drawn to Innes, the bad boy of the island, badly damaged by his childhood experiences. In the historical strand of the story, Margaret is a servant to Lady Dolina and, despite the difference in their social standings, becomes involved with the Laird's son, Duncan Innes.

There's something magical about islands and the author conveys this beautifully again in this book. There is the idea of escape as in many of her books, a simpler way of living, away from the rat race of a busy city. There is also the draw, the pull of and connection to the past. Through the stories, the author suggest we are all more strongly linked to our ancestors than we realise, that the past can shape us in the present. Her characters are drawn to places, to people, to their soulmates who keep meeting and parting. There is a call throughout the years.

This author never disappoints, never fails to provide a book to get completely lost in and usually to emerge from with a satisfied and glad heart. However, this time, I couldn't help but have a bit of melancholy feeling too, as the history of the lovers, the soulmates, kept repeating itself down through the years. You'll understand what I mean when you read it but I can't say too much more without giving things away.  Despite this, it's a book I recommend for its beautiful island imagery, its love stories and its haunting and atmospheric  writing.

This is the second book in this series I have read. The first book I really enjoyed so was really excited to read the second in the series. I have also read other books by Daniela and have always enjoyed them.

The story is about Cora whose mum dies and leaves her a cottage on a remote island in Scotland. Cora begins to get visions from Margaret who lived 300 years previously, so there is 2 parts of the story.

Although this is part of a series I think it can be read as a stand alone book.

Although I enjoyed this story I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first series.

Daniela Sacerdoti is one of my favourite authors and I was delighted to receive a copy of I Will Find You, the sequel to Keep Me Safe. After her mothers death Cora travels to Seal Island when she finds a key to a cottage in her mothers belongings. Cora immediately feels at home on the island and starts to have visions and memories of the past and a woman called Margaret. I really loved the description of the island and felt that I was there. I liked Cora and most of the main characters in this book. Towards the end of the book the similarities in the story put me off a little. I would like to thank NetGalley and Headline for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.