Wild Moon Rising

The storyline of this novel, a menopausal woman and an older woman helping to guide her into a new phase of life was a potentially interesting one. While it's possible for any story to be complex and to cover a wide range of areas, I found this book to be overly long, to jump from place to place, an......more

Older women feature more in fiction nowadays as the central characters, and this is a positive message to all. As an older woman, I found the main character relatable and understood her past life experiences and her current unsettled state. It's an honest and insightful story. Being a young woman in......more

I couldn't decide at the start if I was going to enjoy this book. It was pretty slow at the beginning whilst we started to get to know Claire and her new life renting a cottage in the country. Little did we know that her elderly neighbour Tansy would become such a friend and also a wealth of knowled......more

I was sent a copy of Wild Moon Rising by Jenny Knight to read and review by NetGalley. I enjoyed this novel and the knowledge throughout of plants and the moon. I did get rather confused at times as it would often move between people, occasions and timelines without any delineation, which seems to b......more

With thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for an advance review copy. This book sounded intriguing to me as a menopausal woman who loves her garden. Sadly however, I was defeated by the writing style. It’s overblown and convoluted and half the time I had no idea what was happening. I’m afraid I dec......more