UnlikelyAnimals

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I was invited to read an #ARC of #UnlikelyAnimals by Annie Hartnett through Penguin Random House Ballantine Books on #NetGalley.

I must say PRH-Ballantine targets their audience pretty darn well. This was blurbed by Kevin Wilson who wrote my favorite book I read in 2020 Nothing to See Here.

Unlikely Animals is bound to appeal to anyone who likes Kevin Wilson books. A heartfelt story with just a bit of unreality attached. ⬇

DrexEdit Emma Starling was born with a healing charm. Nothing too big. She could clear up your skin condition, not cure your cancer. Still it made everyone around her treat her as special. We pick up her story as she returns to her small New England home having failed to become the amazing person everyone was always telling her she was. ⬇ 2y

DrexEdit But also because her father is dying from a mysterious illness that causes hallucinations and lapses in judgment. He is haunted (or befriended) by the ghost of Ernest Harold Baynes and buys a fox from Romania for $18,000.
The narration switches from the 3rd person singular to the 3rd person omniscient collective, for lack of a better term. The collected souls in the Maple Street Cemetery fill in any missing background information for us. ⬇ (edited) 2y

DrexEdit For the most part the shifts are smooth. This is the second book I've read recently with a collective 3rd person voice. It has a far more charming effect here than it did in the other book!
Overall I enjoyed this story of a young woman growing into her talents and finding out what's truly important to her very much. 2y

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DrexEdit And I loved the frontispiece map (pictured above). 😊 💜 2y

DrexEdit Oh! I'm so bad at this. I apologize! This book is expected to publish in April! 2y

RaeLovesToRead Aww I love the map! 😍 2y

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