Ebook provided by NetGalley. Thank you.
4/5 stars
12 year old Everly "Benny" Benedict is living with her mum in a tiny flat worrying about how they're going to afford the rent and whether they'll have to move again when a lawyer shows up.
Benny's great great grandmother (not sure how many greats) has left a letter addressed specifically to her. She will inherit Evelyn Terry's estate and accompanying vineyard and her fortune but only if she completes her game by the 12th June.
Told in dual timeline between Benny's search in the present day and Evelyn's journal in 1835 when the area was plagued by Pertussis known as The Cough. I really enjoyed the concept for this and I liked the characters although despite them being described as Benny's age Zara and Ryan read as a little older and understandably due to the journal format we didn't learn a lot about the historical characters.
The pacing was a little uneven, slow in parts, fast in others. The explanation for Benny specifically being addressed could have come a little earlier and there was a particular troublesome family that were mentioned but that didn't come to anything at this point. A cliffhanger ending which certainly entices you to pick up the next book and I'll certainly keep my eye out for it.
Steff Out x
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