

Title: The Poppy and the Rose
Author: Ashlee Cowles
Page count: 322
Published: October 6th, 2020
Publisher: Netgalley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Rating: 3/5

1912: Ava Knight, a teen heiress, boards the Titanic to escape the shadow of her unstable mother and to fulfill her dream of becoming a photographer in New York. During the journey she meets three people who will change her life: a handsome sailor, a soldier in the secret Black Hand society that will trigger World War I, and a woman with clairvoyant abilities. When disaster strikes the ship, family betrayals come to light.
2010: When Taylor Romano arrives in Oxford for a summer journalism program, something feels off. Not only is she greeted by a young, Rolls Royce-driving chauffeur, but he invites her to tea with Lady Mae Knight of Meadowbrook Manor, an old house with a cursed history going back to the days of Henry VIII. Lady Knight seems to know a strange amount about Taylor and her family problems, but before Taylor can learn more, the elderly woman dies, leaving as the only clue an old diary. With the help of the diary, a brooding chauffeur, and some historical sleuthing, Taylor must uncover the link between Ava’s past and her own….

I was obsessed with the movie Titanic when I was a kid and when I seen that there was a book that was based on that, I knew that I had to give it a go.
While reading this I had a hard time getting into the book, I think that was because I had set such high expectations for the book because I love the movie so much that it just didn’t work out well for me. I felt like something was lacking from the story as I was reading which sucked because I really wanted to love this or at least enjoy it and I got nether from this.


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