At the Water's Edge, (Paperback)

from BevAsh

At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen was, I thought, a well written book. This is my first book by Sara Gruen and I enjoyed it a lot. It takes place during World War II in a tiny village in Scotland. The plot moved along nicely with no boring spots and the characters come to life. I went from anger ...

from mojomomma

It starts out rather silly, but once I got past the beginning I could hardly put the book down. The ending is pretty predictable, but what they go through to get to the happy ending has several twists and turns. The unloved heroine finds love at last and the nasty, haughty husband meets his well-...

from -Cee-

Though it was predictable and a little awkward shifting between storyline and WW II events, I found this an engaging book. The Scottish country setting around Loch Ness - with a wee bit of the supernatural - blended well with abundant emotional undercurrents. A really good "comfort" read.

from wagner.sarah35

I started off uncertain about this book - I didn't even really like the narrator as a I got to know her. But by the end, I liked her, I loved the story, and really appreciated the slow transformation of the characters throughout the course of this novel. I would highly recommend this book to anyone!

from rglossne

I didn't quite buy into the story. Could the husband be that bad? The landlord that mysterious/sexy? The heroine grow so quickly from clueless socialite to toilet scrubbing real girl? But I enjoyed the writing, and the atmosphere. The history was tacked on in a heavy handed way, and I thought it ...