Review: Under Vixens Mere

 

If poor Harry Jones hadn't lowered himself into the water one freezing winter's night, a long-buried secret would never have come to the surface.

If …

Big Ed and Milly had been able to have children,

Karen hadn’t longed for love and romance,

Lorrie hadn't finally ditched Petra,

Dinah hadn’t found out the truth about Barry,

Jed hadn't dealt drugs and got Anna pregnant,

Carl Thomson hadn't come looking for him,

and Moses hadn't heard the commotion …

 

then there would be no story of Vixens Mere to tell.

Review

First...deepest of apologies to the author. We went to Japan and had travel issues. By the time we got back, the date had passed and I am woefully late getting this posted.

Under Vixens Mere is a delightful blend of interwoven stories with memorable characters. Kit Fielding has drawn a complex emotional drama from a tight-knit marina community that runs as much on secrets as sea life. The emotional dramas can be heavy - suicide, PTSD, survivor guilt, grief, and addiction. However, the heavy themes are balanced by emotionally-resonating character arcs and satisfying relationships between characters.

Second-person POV is not for everyone, so reader beware. I did find that it made following the plot a little difficult. There are so many characters - I did have to flip back through pages on occasion to figure out who was who in the plot. 

Overall, this is a very satisfying slow-burn human drama that pulls on the experiences of life in a small town to create a believable and immersive story that is likely to resonate with readers. Fans of The Light Between Oceans and The Shore are likely to fall in love with this one. 

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Author Bio – Kit Fielding plans and writes his novels in a motorhome at various locations around the country. 

The feeling of impermanence is natural to him due to his mother’s traveller roots and a childhood succession of tied-cottages accommodation in different parts of England. 

Kit Fielding says that there was always a curiosity about what was waiting, or was lurking, just around the corner. This legacy has stayed with him to the present day and it feeds into his work.

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