The Firebird (Paperback)

from fueledbycoffee

Yes, a real review, HUZZAH! I couldn't put this down. Love, love, love. Fantastic. Beautiful. Everything I anticipated. I first started reading Susanna Kearsley after I found Gabaldon's Outlander series. I was recommended similar books and Kearsley was a new name to me, so social book lovers medi...

from Eire2011

Reading this book, I found myself once again caught up in Kearsley's world. It wasn't until I started reading that I realized this was a sequel and features Rob from a different book in which he was a child which was a welcome surprise. Nicola has always known she was different and was taught to ...

from flightsafancy

Nicola Martin is a London art dealer with a secret. When she touches an object, she sees glimpses of its past. Because of her family's history in oppressive Russia, she keeps her gift a secret. Then a woman comes to the gallery with a small wooden firebird, hoping it will bring her enough money t...

from CynthiaRobertson

Spanning three hundred years between its two storylines, The Firebird offers up a nice twist on the typical time travel adventure. The present is told by first person narrator, Nicola, an art dealer with a gift for being able to see the history of anything she touches. She and Rob, her even more ...

from KEFeeney

I have a feeling that I would have enjoyed this more in print rather than the audio version. It feels like a missed something. The plot twines around Anna's past and Nicola's present. The Firebird doesn't seem to figure into the plot except as a catalyst for Nicola to reconnect with an old friend...