The New York Times bestselling author turns the clock back to a time when two young girls convinced the world that fairies really did exist… Arthur Conan Doyle, endorses the photographs’ authenticity, the girls become a sensation; their discovery offering something to believe in amid a world ravaged by war.
One hundred years later… When Olivia Kavanagh finds an old manuscript and a photograph in her late grandfather’s bookshop she becomes fascinated by the story of the two young girls who mystified the world. As Olivia is drawn into events a century ago, she becomes aware of the past and the present intertwining, blurring her understanding of what is real and what is imagined. As she begins to understand why a nation once believed in fairies, will Olivia find a way to believe in herself?
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Charming, magical…do you believe in fairies and happy endings?
Good story!
Once again Hazel Gaynor has written a tale that draws you in as though you are there. Her story flows from the pages so smoothly like the beck at Cottingley. I love the open ending that left you to imagine your own finish to their story and yet not a cliff hanger that leaves you feeling dropped suddenly. I love the touch of history woven in the story, it sent me to Google to learn more. Great book!
Just delightful! Always fascinated by this true story; very well written.
I really loved the characters in The Cottingley Secret. They were believable and endearing. The book seemlessly whiched between time periods and characters’ perspectives. I was sad to finish the book because I will miss the people’s whose lives I had become invested in
Most fun I’ve had in many years, delightfully written!
I’ve always loved anything to do with “real” fairies and this magical story is about the 2 girls who have or may have not take pics of real fairies. It’s done is a story with changed names more or less, It’s enchanting and delightful to read if like that sort of thing – fairies, elves and the magical unknown – who knows anything for sure 🙂 <3
A lukewarm recommendation
It was OK.
I wish you would add a category “interesting characters” in stead of, or in addition to, “wonderful characters”. There is a difference.
I liked the book, but I was much more interested in the current-day story than I was in the two girls and the fairies.
Entertaining, but slow at times, this book was good, but not great. It did not include much information about Sir Conan Doyle’s involvement in supporting the authenticity of the photos. Based on factual events, it’s a fictionalized imagining of what might have been.
Interesting premise.