The Lost Letters of Evelyn Wright by Clare Swatman

I wanted to like this more than I ended up doing. I have read one other book by the author and liked the writing style and the vulnerable central character in that and this seemed to be similar in style.



The one thing I had no issues with is the writing itself. I enjoyed the author’s writing style, would recommend it and definitely try another book written by the author. It was the plot itself that I did not enjoy.



We have some agony aunt letters that our protagonist finds in her new home. They trigger in her a need to be helpful and she decides to start an online forum in a similar style, mostly to redirect her attention from her personal life. She’s struggling with helping her children’s interest as her ex keeps making things harder by spending more money on them when they are together.



There’s also the mystery of why the original letter writer vanished one day and left her daughter behind. This was quite an obvious twist and I was not happy with the way things turned out in the current timeline also. Most of the main characters did not behave like they ought to have given their roles. The vilifying of the ex and the constant arguments were not fun to read, neither was the new love interest.



This was definitely a me problem and I hope the next book I pick up from the author, I will like!



I received an ARC thanks to Netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely based on my own reading experience