A thought provoking thriller following Dr Enya, this book iwill have you thinking about it for days and weeks afterwards and the author touches on raw subjects such as grief.

I really enjoyed it as I am a big fan of Cecilia’s books. I’ll definitely be recommending to everyone.

As a lover of Cecilia’s books I was keen to read this one.
Enya, is a GP and married with a teenage son, but she’s far from happy and after an incident, where she helps save a young boys life Enya begins to reevaluate her life and makes the decision to leave her husband.
She settle in a remote village as a local doctor, but slowly things begin to unravel for her

I didn’t take to Enya character and it made me find it difficult to connect with her. Despite the twists and turns I felt I had the story down fairly early in. That said it was an easy read

Into the Storm focuses on Enya Pickering and the aftermath of a road traffic incident that she is caught up in.
A GP, Dr Pickering is on her way back from an out of hours call when she comes across a taxi driver stopped in the road trying to help a young boy who has been hit. She administers CPR and saves the boy’s life, but this incident seems to mark a moment for her and she decides to change her life.
Struggling with approaching the age her mother was when she died, Enya decides to leave her husband and take a job as a rural doctor. This move brings about numerous changes and we follow Enya as she settles into her new existence.
The story is more complicated than we are led to believe, and as we progress through we start to understand Enya’s motivation. A dysfunctional character, Enya was hard to warm to. The details about the rag tree and exploring how families remembered lost ones was interesting, but I felt rather detached from events throughout.

Equally creepy and domestic

There’s a mystery at the heart of this novel but it’s not the reason to read it. Equal parts atmospheric and ordinary, it’s the tale of a stressed-out GP who thinks her world is falling apart, so she takes a break from her urban, domestic life in a picturesque village, but she discovers that distance cannot take you way from yourself, and your own guilt.

Way too many red herrings, very few sympathetic characters, but full of creepy folksy village atmosphere, I felt that this novel had ambitions that it failed to live up to. In a year when so many wonderful folk horror novels came out, this is an unsuccessful mash-up with
Ahern’s more usual domestic melodramas, with the folkloric aspects as set dressing.

I regrettably received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley last summer and never got a chance to get to it and more fool me.

Last week when storm Éowyn ravaged through Ireland I felt everyone had the same idea and started reading this book. Let’s escape the storm by reading about another one! I had read the first few opening chapters, but when I received the book club invite for Sunday and hadn’t started Hagstone yet, priorities quickly changed. I was partly upset that I didn’t finish this book last week, but as you read through the book, you see strong references to Brigid’s Day, so it really was the weekend for it.

On one stormy night where it all went wrong we meet Enya on the road on a stormy night when she comes upon a road accident. A boy, who is not her son, has been hit by a car and Oscar a very suspicious taxi driver makes us question who really hit Ross? This thankfully wasn’t a whodunnit of horrors, where we were led along the twists and turns of a country road. We learn about the storm that rages within Enya, like a ticking time bomb/impending doom/mortality and final separation from her mother, think the 27 club, but rather it’s the 47 club and her impending birthday where everything will change or cease to exist.

Thankfully it’s not all doom and gloom, we learn about the intricacies of rural GPs, the sacredness of rag trees and the love between a mother and a child. I was fearful for the end and how the story would leave us, but in hindsight it wasn’t too bad an ending.

i have read and loved all Cecelia Ahern's books and this one didnt' disappoint.

This was a little different from some of the others as a little more twisty but was gripping and easy to read like all her other books.

Enjoyed it

A good book with several twists to keep you guessing. I love Cecilia Ahern’s books and this was another good one!

A different style of writing - was more of a mystery book
It was an interesting concept
The main character, Dr Enya Pickering seems to have it all, a loving husband and a young son.
Her life is turned upside down one fateful night and the decisions she made that night have repercussions that forces her to leave her home and take up a new job in remote rural Ireland
But her actions are haunting her - the guilt, the infidelity and the choices she made
It’s raw and powerful, exploring trauma, resilience and the transformative power of nature
However I did find Dr Enya frustrating - her self-pity and “woe is me” attitude
All in all it’s a very thought provoking read and would generate excellent book club discussions
Thanks @official_ceceliaahern @harpercollinsuk & @netgalley for the interesting read

"One Night" is a gripping and emotional story that keeps you hooked from the very first page. Her unraveling marriage and quest for self-discovery drive the narrative, set against the backdrop of a remote country town that becomes both her sanctuary and a place of reckoning.

The writing is vivid, especially in describing Enya's internal struggles and the profound impact of the night in the rain. The themes of freedom, and personal transformation are explored with depth and sensitivity.

While the pacing is generally solid, the emotional intensity of the story can be overwhelming at times, and some moments may feel predictable. Still, the book delivers a satisfying and thought-provoking conclusion that leaves you reflecting on its characters and themes long after you turn the last page.

Overall, *One Night* is a compelling read with strong character development and a heartfelt message about finding strength in difficult times. A highly recommended pick for fans of character-driven stories.

I usually love Cecilia’s books but for some reason I couldn’t get into this one. The story seemed dragged out and I struggled with it. However I look forward to reading the next book by this author. Thank you for my ARC.

2.5*
I have mixed feelings about this book. It follows the experiences of a doctor, Enya Pickering, after she gets caught up in a hit and run incident on a remote road outside Dublin on a wet winter night. I've enjoyed other Cecilia Ahern novels and this one delivered some of her trademark features: she creates vivid scenes and scenarios that get you right into her characters' lives, exploring their emotions, relationships and motivations under difficult circumstances. I hate the term 'women's fiction' but this would fit the bill. It does what it says on the tin, essentially. For this reason, I'd give this 3-4 stars because it does deliver on expectations in many ways, and no doubt many of her avid fans will like this.

As for what pulls my rating down, it's the story. It felt contrived and rather heavy handed. As I read, I could almost picture the story broken down into index cards pulled out one at a time to construct the narrative, with none of the individual pieces feeling quite convincing. Two threads - the whole tree thing (avoiding spoilers) and her mother's letters - in particular were just cloying and felt like filler. In short, I observed the story unfold, rather than getting caught up into it.

In my view, fiction lives or dies on suspension of disbelief. It's the trump card in the pack. This time, it wasn't played.

Storms have always given me mixed emotions- a scared anticipation and an excited thrill. Reading this book was just like sitting through a storm, there were highs and lows, thrills and scary bits. It was a totally enthralling read. Really enjoyed it and would totally recommend it.

This story of a traumatised GP who is caught up in an accident in bad weather was okay but did not engage me as much as other novels by this author. The mystery behind the trauma was not that surprising and I zoned out in parts.

Thanks for the opportunity to read and review an advance copy of this novel.

Ahern's In a Thousand Different Ways was the first book I read by her, and I enjoyed it enough to want to read another of her books.

Despite the unpopular present-tense narrative, along with slapdash editing, this had me hooked to the end. Ahern managed to toss my smugness all over the place. Within only a few pages, I thought, oh, it's obvious, I know how this is going to pan out, but then Ahern throws you curveballs and twists and turns, and your powers of detection are all over the shop. Now that's clever.

The story is tightly and intensely coiled with emotion as GP Enya Pickering worries about her upcoming birthday—the age at which her mother tragically and suddenly died—and then has to deal with lasting trauma of tending to a road-traffic victim on a cold and stormy night. The storm isn't just literal, it's metaphoric as well.

Well-written and very compelling, I was glad I read another book by this author, as it tipped her into my 'definitely read more of' list. It's a shame she didn't acknowledge her readers at the end, it's always a nice touch.

Dr Enya is driving home when she stops to resuscitate a boy the same age as her own. This sends her into a spiral of emotions and she makes some big changes to her life to avoid confronting what really happened that night. Bring in the rag tree which she hates along with her new community job. The problem I had with this book is I just failed to connect with Dr Enya and her reasons for walking away. Her mom had died whilst swimming in the sea. I did however adore Margaret the property manager for her new home. The story was addictive and easy to read but my lack is compassion for Dr Enya did spoil it somewhat.

After previously reading other books by Cecelia Ahern and enjoying them I thought I would love this one but u fortunately I didn’t. It just wasn’t for me, I will definitely still read her other books as this is the only one I haven’t enjoyed.

Cecilia Ahern is one of THE go-to authors for me. But this one was a little disappointing and I gave it 3 stars.

The main character (Enya) is a GP who drives back to her family during a storm, but she is stopped in the middle of the road by the body of a teenage boy. Enya is traumatised by this experience (not helped by her twat of a husband and detached son), so she’s given the opportunity to run away to rural Ireland where she hopes to start a new life. But obviously it’s not clear cut as her problems don’t disappear.

I was slightly disappointed by the plot and expected more, given my experience of this author’s writing. But this doesn’t remove her from my favourites!

I would say that this is the best Cecelia Ahern book since Ps I Love You. I absolutely adored it and kept me guessing right until the end. I look forward to reading more of her. back catalogue that I managed to miss over the years.

I have read almost all of Cecelia Ahern’s book, so I was keen to get into this one. The story was quite slow in pacing, but it suited the story well and I found myself flying through it. I really liked the main character and also Margaret, who added some humour to the story. Lots of interesting facts were cleverly woven through this. I felt I learned a lot about Ireland and about rag trees without feeling like I was being told about it. I definitely recommend and would love another book featuring these characters. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers.

I’ve been a fan of Cecelia Ahern since P.S I love you and have read everything she’s ever written.
Into The Storm is completely different to any of her other books and it pleasantly surprised me.
I loved the suspense and mystery but I also loved the Irish mythology and family dramas.
All together very different but an enjoyable read by one of my favourite Irish authors