Oh, my this one is as good as the last! I'm so sorry to have reached the end of the series, so far. Apparently Volume 9 is being written right now...Can't wait to read the next develoopments. But it will be good to take a break. This is the first one I've listened to instead of read, and it became an obsession for too long! I'm ready to take a break from being tied to my Airpods.
This volume mostly takes place at Stonecrop, Duke Islington's estate that is idyllic. There is such beauty in the descriptions of both the place and of the friendship of the four main characters that I want to capture somehow. I will wait until my hold on the actual book becomes available and read it. I think I will like that better... I like to pause and read beautiful passages, and that's harder to do on an audio.
The specter of alcoholism is becoming more pronounced as Pierce confronts his stepfather, an alcoholic. I found myself wondering if Emma's attachment to Pierce is going to be problematic...or will she inspire him to change? There was a lot of HARD emotion in this confrontation...still plenty of lightness too, but it was a very hard episode to swallow.
It was a delightful (mostly) vacation to immerse myself in this story, but I am ready to clean house, welcome the Riskedahl's as houseguests, and get back into my world. It's been challenging with Leonard having a very bad cold and cough...I have not been the doting wife! I will do better now that this story is a wrap!
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