Love Notes for Freddie

Years ago, I came across a book called The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. I still remember how much I loved the writing style and the way Eva Rice described the setting, making me feel like I was there, with two girls she created in that cold but wonderful house where one of them lived. I remember how......more

I have read both The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets and The Misinterpretation of Tara Jupp and absolutely fell in love with Eva Rice’s writing style. Her books are engaging, eccentric, fantastically vintage and spilling with original characters. As expected, I adored Love Notes For Freddie. It was an en......more

I LOVED The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, though I remember almost nothing about it. Sadly, I felt absolutely nothing for any of the characters in this book.......more

What a triumph of a book. I really enjoyed Eva Rice’s The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, my review of which can be found here, but Love Notes for Freddie is in a different league altogether. It is more sophisticated, more intense and frequently beautiful in style. Initially I wasn’t sure if I was going......more

3 1/2. I didn't love it nearly as much as The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, but it was still a fast, enjoying read. I quite liked the characters and I so enjoy the way that Rice weaves real bits and characters from the era into her stories.......more