Where Dragonflies Hover

Wow, what an emotional powerhouse AnneMarie Brear has given us with Where Dragonflies Hover. The title caught my interest but the dual stories from past then the present held it. I was impressive by the delicate parallel was between Alexandria (Allie) Jamieson at a time of world turmoil and Alexandria (Lexi) O’Connor at a time of personal turmoil.

Certainly, there is love in this story but it is more of a blueprint of what to do to keep that love from fading. A marvelous though provoking story on relationships. Emotional stories, since it both Allie and Lexi’s, that made me smile and tear up. This is a novel for anyone who has ever fallen in love, then thought that they had fallen out of love too. Thank you, AnneMarie Brear and Choc Lit for this outstanding look at matters of the heart.

A great dual time-lined story rich in atmosphere and emotions! Lexi and Allie are two women who share the same first name, Alexandria, and are connected though time with the diary Allie wrote about her life and which Lexi reads during a time of turmoil for her. Allie's life laid out on the diary pages is cathartic for Lexi helps mend her fragile heart. It has romance, mystery, & history--who could ask for more? Great pacing and details!

**Many thanks to NetGalley and ChocLit for an e-galley to read and honestly review!**

SO GOOD! I have read a few books from Netgalley in the past 2 weeks and this one is going to be sticking with me for a long time. The story is haunting and heart wrenching~ AnneMarie Brear crafted quite a piece of art with this story and has great talent at gliding easily through the changes in time between the front and back story,

I loved this book. The book is well written with a good plot and setting.

I really enjoyed this book, part of it was set in West Yorkshire where I grew up, and the secondary plot was set at the time of the First World War which I also find very interesting, so a good fit for me.

The story involves two couples, Lexi and Dylan in the present day, and Allie and Danny in the time of the First World War. Lexi and Danny's marriage is going through a difficult patch, not helped by the fact that Lexi buys Hollingsworth House against his wishes. She finds an old diary there which belonged to Allie, and it is through this that Allie and Danny's story emerges. Hollingsworth House was Danny's family home.

The telling of the two stories in tandem was very well thought out, especially the diary extracts. It was interesting to be able to follow both stories as they gradually emerged, the switching between the two different time periods and relationship was very effective as I found it kept me reading further to see what happened next. I finished the book in a very short time.

A very good and enjoyable read, will look out for more from this author.
Thanks to Netgalley and Choc Lit for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Lexi has always been drawn to Hollingsworth House, since it’s come up for sale, all she can think about is buying it. Unfortunately her husband, Dylan has no interest, as a matter of fact, he’s told her, it’s either their marriage or the house. Knowing that her marriage has been faltering for a while now, Lexi sadly chooses the house. It’s in an old shed on the property that she comes across a diary written by a World War I nurse named Allie. Lexi becomes enthralled with Allie’s story, the terrible battlefield hospitals she worked in, and the married man that Allie falls in love with. As Lexi learns the connection between Allie and Hollingsworth House, she’s even more sure that she made the right decision to buy the house. But Lexi didn’t count on a surprise that will change everything. Alternating between the battlefields of WWI France and present day Yorkshire, this is a story of love that lasts beyond a lifetime