Book Review #The Wings of Poppy Pendleton # Melanie Dobson #Tyndale House Publishers # Christian Historical Fiction #Mystery & Suspense
MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW Poppy, the heir to the Pendleton wealth, mysteriously disappears from Koster Isle the night before her fifth birthday. Nearly a century later, the mysteries persist, and Chloe, the new owner of Koster Isle, has little time for conjecture. She worries about running the sweets shop that belonged to her late grandparents. Emma, a strange young woman in need, then appears on Chloe's shore. Chloe starts to piece together Emma's past with the assistance of the endearing reporter Logan and quickly realizes that it holds the key to solving the case of Poppy's abduction. The book seamlessly integrates evidence from Poppy's past with Chloe's present, shifting between timelines in 1907 and 1992 to focus on various characters' thoughts. Poppy spends hours daydreaming about flying in her mother Amelia's aviary, while Emma appears to be holding a scrapbook with pictures of birds on it. This recurring flying motif alludes to the characters' ...