Author: Tea Cooper
Publisher: Harlequin Australia
Publication date: 3rd November 2022
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pages: 400
RRP: $32.99AU
Format: paperback
Source: Better Reading Preview
My review of The Butterfly Collector
1868 – Theodora is more interested in her art than finding a
husband and when her three sisters go to Sydney she stays behind on
the family property in Morpeth. A chance sighting of a new species of
butterfly starts Theodora on a quest to find its nesting place.
1922 - Verity is from a long line of journalists and when an anonymous invitation to a socialite ball arrives she sees this as an opportunity to write an article for the local newspaper. Connections she makes at the ball lead back to her grandfather's home of Morpeth and a fifty-year-old mystery.
The Butterfly Collector is a dual timeline Historical Fiction set in1868 Morpeth in country NSW and 1922 Sydney, NSW. I enjoyed all the mentions of Sydney landmarks that still stand to this day. As the story evolves connections are made between the characters from each timeline.
Tea keeps the pages turning with a layering of mysteries. The mysteries hold you for a few chapters then once they are revealed a new mystery is created causing a continuous aura of mystery throughout the book. There is also an underlying sense of foreboding and I always had this feeling that something terrible was going to happen.
Centred around the first sighting of the Wanderer butterfly in Australia, the newspaper industry and baby farms, Tea Cooper has seamlessly delivered a story that is diverse in its content and impossible to put down.
Tea Cooper’s trademark strong female characters take centre stage in this multi-layered tale of friendship and tenacity.
Tea Cooper’s trademark strong female characters take centre stage in this multi-layered tale of friendship and tenacity.
My rating 5 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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