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Her Previous Self by Anne Allen | Book Review

Aug. 04, 2021

Her Previous Self by Anne Allen | Book Review

This was certainly a very unique story for me. Maybe not 100% unique but not something I have read in a good long while while is one the things I enjoyed.

Her Previous Self by Anne Allen | Book Reviewfive-stars
Her Previous Self by Anne Allen
Series: The Guernsey Novels #8
Genres: Historical

Two women, living two hundred years apart but closer than sisters.

Mary, miserable in her marriage to Thomas Carre, a merchant and privateer and living in the newly-built family mansion in Georgian Guernsey.

Lucy, separated from her husband after a tragic loss and now acting as an unwilling sitter for her elderly grandfather, Gregory Carre, who has inherited the same mansion.

Lucy is haunted by Mary’s continued presence in the house and finds herself being pulled more and more back in time. How is it possible for her to live as Mary? To experience scenes from her tragic life? Lucy is forced to come to terms with Mary’s grief as well as her own.

The more enmeshed she becomes the more anxious Lucy is to discover the truth. Why is Mary still restless? What caused her mysterious disappearance two hundred years ago?

And can Lucy move on from her own loss to find happiness again?

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This was certainly a blend of genres. I listed it as historical but that is not all that it is. It has time-travel, some romance, plenty of historical, and so much more. I hadn’t read any of the other books in the series so I am only assuming they are similar.

That being said I was drawn in from the first page to the last. After life knocks her down Lucy goes home to live with her parents only to have them go on a three month vacation. Leaving Lucy to care for her grandfather whom she barely knows. If that’s not enough she is also have “visions” of the woman in the portrait hanging in her bedroom.

Lucy and Mary have similar struggles although they are 200 years apart. The visions Lucy sees is where the time-travel comes in. Lucy isn’t sure if they are visions or she is actually somehow going back into to time, or what.

This book had so much going for it that I am so thrilled I took a chance on it. Take a chance I know that you will enjoy it.

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About Anne Allen

Anne Allen lives in Devon, by her beloved sea. She has three children and her daughter and two grandchildren live nearby. She was born in Rugby, to an English mother and Welsh father. As a result she spent many summers with her Welsh grandparents in Anglesey and learnt to love the sea. Her restless spirit has meant a number of moves which included Spain for a couple of years. The longest stay was in Guernsey for nearly fourteen years after falling in love with the island and the people. She contrived to leave one son behind to ensure a valid reason for frequent returns.
By profession Anne was a psychotherapist but has long had creative ‘itches’, learning to mosaic, paint furniture, interior design and sculpt. At the back of her mind the itch to write was always present but seemed too time-consuming for a single mum with a need to earn a living. Now retired from the ‘day job’, there’s more time to write and Anne has now published seven books in The Guernsey Novels series as at April 2019.

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  1. Anne Allen says

    August 5, 2021 at 6:22 am

    Hi, Rita, many thanks for taking the time to read and review my latest book. So glad you enjoyed and I loved your reiew. Best wishes, Anne x

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    • Rita says

      August 8, 2021 at 8:53 am

      Thank you so much Anne for your kind words.

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  2. Phyllis Huebbe says

    November 20, 2021 at 11:37 am

    Sounds intriguing

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  3. Eva Millien says

    December 11, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    Sounds like a very intriguing read and I love the cover! Thanks for sharing it with me and have a magical holiday season!

    Reply
  4. Adriane says

    December 19, 2021 at 4:16 pm

    wow – this is a yes please for me

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  5. bn100 says

    December 22, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    interesting genres

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  6. Piroska says

    January 21, 2022 at 8:07 pm

    The book sounds very interesting. Great cover!

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  7. Adriane says

    March 1, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    I love historical fiction

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  8. CB says

    March 19, 2022 at 4:09 pm

    Sounds like a really neat way to switch between times. I like that it incorporates time-travel and romance.

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