Barbara Davis

Fiction 2023 | 425 pages

Thank you, Donna, for suggesting this fun book, The Echo of Old Books. 

Ashlyn is the proprietor of a rare books store and is gifted with psychometric abilities that allow her to read the vibrations of old books and sense their previous owners' feelings. When she picks up an old book, she feels the emotions of the owner(s) of the book. This is a gift most of the time, even though she can’t really tell people about it, because they look at her oddly!  Sometimes it is challenging, especially when the emotions are dark or depressive.

In The Echo of Old Books, Ashlyn finds two books in a box of donated books, that are without an author or a date or a copyright, but with very strong emotions.  What has she discovered?  She finds herself compelled to uncover who the authors are and the circumstances that caused them to write and bind but not publish two books, Regretting Belle and Forever, and Other Lies.  

Belle and Hemi are all we know about the (female and male) authors as the book begins, but we eventually discover who they are to each other, to their extended families, and out in the world.  And how badly they hurt each other.

This book has an interesting premise and is a pure delight to read!

September 2024