Review: The Last Piece of My Heart by Paige Toon

4 stars for The Last Piece of My Heart by Paige Toon.

I am on cloud nine once I turn the page and see that it is the epilogue. I know without a doubt that this book will surely be conquered in 2017 and added to my list of books read. And the best part? There is still time enough for me to write my review and have it posted before the year runs out.

The Last Piece of My Heart is about a travel writer who is hired to continue the work of a bestselling author who unexpectedly leaves behind an unfinished sequel.

Set mainly in Cornwall, United Kingdom and to a small extent, Thailand, the story explores relationships - complicated relationships that involve complicated persons - and making serious life decisions.

There are a few things I like about this story.

The first is the parallels between the characters which lend an intriguing air to the overall plot.

The second is the simple yet breathtakingly heartwarming descriptions of the many places in which the story is set in. There is Cornwall, Lansallos beach, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Tintagel, Bodmin, Padstow, and the Camel trail to name a few. The one I like most of all is the narratives on caravan camping in the Padstow area which provides for watching sunset on a small hill, looking up into the sky on a clear night and watching the beautiful display of stars.

The third and most important of all, is the pace of the story. Though seemingly slow moving at times, the pace makes for a credible tale of love lost and found. It is certainly not a story where the characters jump each other within twenty-four hours of meeting but one where it grows on you over time.

By all means, The Last Piece of My Heart is my last entry for the year 2017. Nevertheless, it is not an end to my reading and review writing quest but the end of a beginning.


Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publication date: 18 May 2017

*** Favourite quote 1 ***

The problem with giving your heart away to someone is that you never fully get it back. Long after you’ve fallen out of love with them, they still own a little piece of you.

*** Favourite quote 2 ***

I am not one thing
But many little pieces
Divided but allied
One of these I gave to you
Now part of it has died
Every time you hurt me
Every time you make me cry
That little piece of me you own
Withers up inside
For now it’s still alive
You haven’t lost me yet
But others have
Others have
And that’s something
You should not
Forget.

*** Favourite quote 3 ***

Seconds, minutes, hours tick past. Months, years, an eternity...

~ The Last Piece of My Heart
Paige Toon

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A successful travel journalist, Bridget has ambitions to turn her quirky relationship blog about the missing pieces of her heart into a book. But after a spate of rejections from publishers, she accepts an alternative proposition...

Nicole Dupré died leaving behind a bestselling novel and an incomplete sequel. Tasked with finishing the book, Bridget is thankful to have her foot in the publishing door, even if it means relocating to Cornwall for the summer and answering to Nicole's grieving husband, Charlie. But as she gets to know the family Nicole left behind, and the woman behind the words, Bridget’s priorities begin to change...

*Blurb from author's website*

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