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Strange lights in the sky and a naked man on the moors??!! Do you need to know anymore?! It had me hooked from the start and in the characters of Molly and Phinn there's so much fun that the author had playing with their stories, that it made for such an enjoyable read and a real escape from the realities of life - and has me looking to the skies at night in the hope I can spot my own 'Alice lights'!

Molly doesn't know but her life is about to change when she goes out for a horse ride over the moors where she discovers the naked Phinn. Fearing the worst for him, she manages to get him back to safety and the mystery behind him starts to reveal itself. Phinn himself isn't quite sure what is going, but things soon start to fall into place and you really get the sense that these 2 characters were meant to meet to try and help them resolve the pasts they'd been trying to forget.

I loved Phinn and Molly as a pairing! There's hurt there, but there's also compassion towards one another and a real connection that is clear for all to see. There's great humour throughout the book but also a good look at some interesting developments for each character to work through as there's so much hurt that they have to work through! Those lights in the skies are around to distract them and bring them closer together! A fabulous read!

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This was a really cute and fun story. I really enjoyed the characters and their story was really interesting to read. I liked the somewhat supernatural element of the lights but that it wasn't some big magical mystery. It didn't overpower the rest of the plot. I liked that Molly and Phinn came together slowly and that it wasn't love at first sight.

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(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

It’s been over eighteen months since Molly Gilchrist has had a man (as her best friend, Caro, is so fond of reminding her) so when she as good as stumbles upon one, lying comatose, on the moors one bitterly cold morning, it seems like the Universe is having a laugh at her expense.
But Phinn Baxter (that’s Doctor Phinneas Baxter) is no drunken layabout, as Molly is soon to discover; with a PhD in astrophysics and a tortured past that is a match for Molly’s own disastrous love life.
Finding mysterious men on the moors isn’t the weirdest thing Molly has to contend with, however. There’s also those strange lights she keeps seeing in the sky. The ones she’s only started seeing since meeting Phinn …

Apart from the cute way these two meet, this book doesn't really get out of second gear for me...

Phinn and Molly are easily identifiable - I think a lot of people have been down the path that these two were on. It makes it easier for us to sympathise with them. What else I liked about these 2 was their "quirkiness" (for lack of a better word) - it kept them fresh and interesting...

However, the story they were put in just doesn't really get going for me. I got to about the halfway mark and started wondering how much longer it was going to go on for...thankfully, the writing picked up and I got to the end and, ultimately, enjoyed this story.

The other thing that was somewhat distracting was the writing style itself. First-person Molly and then third-person Phinn. Weird choice.

Overall, a pretty decent story that could have used a little more 'oomph' to keep me interested, especially at the start.


Paul
ARH

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