Soliloquy by Janet Fogg – Review by Julie Johnson
Soliloquy by Janet Fogg
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This beautiful novel reads like a well-mastered symphony. I was intrigued by the first page and could hardly put this one down!
Erin’s aunt recently passed and she and her sister have inherited her wealthy estate. One day, a young man comes to Erin to deliver a box. Erin thinking that she’s already received everything is very perplexed….even more so when she opens the box to find very beautiful dolls inside. What could her aunt have possibly meant by leaving these dolls behind? There is a note and Erin is still rather confounded by these dolls but soon, she’ll be on an adventure that could change her life.
When one of the dolls falls and smashes to smithereens, Erin finds herself in another place and time. A place of danger, toil, confusion, love, and forgiveness. Erin’s a prisoner but only so her friends can survive. She’s willing to try to meet the demands of the Oberst but not willing to give up her beloved Soliloquy…or is she? Can Erin find her way back home where she belongs? What about those she might leave behind?
Arick is a pilot who’s shot down that Erin and her friends come across. Do they take the chance to harbor him, knowing that if they’re found out, they’ll all be gone or do they send him on his way, injured and possibly without hope? What can Arick do to help this family, if anything? What about the fact that Erin feels like he should know her? So many beautiful angles here!
This is a new-to-me author and I’m hoping for a sequel to this book. I believe a door may have been left open for another story! The things that Erin experiences in this story are pretty realistic during that time frame of WWII. I enjoy reading these period pieces and this one has a time travel aspect to it as well.
