Paper Lanterns by Christine ColemanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
If a book has the word 'secret/s' on the back cover, I'll read it. I like skeletons in closets, the more shocking the better, I love the tense build up until the final moment The Secret is revealed.
This book has a family secret, and the uncovering of it kept me reading (and I can't say any more about it for future readers must find out for themselves).
After that, what kept me reading was the relationships between the characters, particularly the mother and grown up daughter. Without wanting to get too personal, I think we could all find bits of ourselves in this book, that relate to the way we've felt about people or situations, and that always draws you into a story, it's almost like its YOUR story too.
Ms Coleman has the ability (to use a cliche) to breathe life into her characters, in Paper Lanterns they are 'normal' people with old hurts, insecurities and more positively, the chance to reconnect and understand each other.
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