Firstly I want to thank fellow blogger Helen Sibbritt for generously sending me a copy of The Homestead in the Eucalypts. I absolutely loved it!! I think it may be my favourite book of 2025. I'm calling it early. What a way to start the year!
The prose are beautiful and the historical love story between Anna & Luke was perfectly portrayed. But I've digressed because The Homestead in the Eucalypts is Taylor's story. Taylor is the compassionate and hardworking doctor we have all come to love from the previous books. Taylor initially comes across as self-centred as she is having a hard time with life not quite going her way. She is pulled between living her own life and also supporting her mother. But underneath this pouty exterior is the Taylor we love and we see it emerge throughout the book.
I loved how Léonie Kelsall connected the two time-lines with parallels between Taylor and Anna's lives. There is lots of character growth and even though it includes two love stories Anna & Luke's captured my heart.
The Homestead in the Eucalypts also brought together exactly how many of Setters Bridge residents are related and it truly added another dimension to the previous books.
Bravo Léonie Kelsall, you went out on a limb and made it work!! More historical fiction please!
My rating 5 / 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication date: 2nd July 2024
Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Pages: 432
Source: Gifted from a friend
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