Dr Enya Pickering is driving home during a storm, the conditions are torrential, suddenly she comes across Oscar who has found a young lad who is unresponsive in the road after being hit by a car. Will saving the life of this teen change Enya’s life and future. I thought the concept of this story was different and had the potential to be a gripping mystery. I believe Enya’s character was well developed but at times was too misleading. The writing was undoubtably high quality but for me dragged the story out too much. The last quarter of the book seemed very forced and indecisive. I would however recommend Into the Storm to anyone who puts more praise into the quality of the writing over the flow of the story line.

I found this a challenging read as GP Enya, the protagonist, is going through a difficult time in her life which is compounded when she saves a teenage boys life after a road accident. The whole tone of the book does a very good job of reflecting on her mental struggles and also the fallout from the breakdown on her marriage however it does make it quite a melancholic read due to this. The references to spiritually were intriguing and her increasing fascination with the rag tree worked well but I suppose neither element really gripped me personally. I found Maggie a more interesting character in this and would have liked to read more about her and the village itself made for a great setting with the dynamics an aging population brings. This is a really well written book but I just found the pensive tone hard going with little to lift it beyond a chink of light at the end.

I usually love and devour Cecelia's books. This one I did read it but it didn't hit the mark for me. Every time I put it down, I struggled to pick it back. The writing style was different from what I am used to from her, at some point I felt I was reading a mystery book! The concept is very interesting and started strong, but then I felt bored most of the time. The main character, Enya, wasn't likeable at all for me and it was frustrating to see a GP like herself not being capable of diagnosing herself. The character of Margaret, though, was a great addition!

This I found was quite a deep story with many twists along the way. A slow burner but the storyline kept me turning the pages.

Dr Enya Pickering is married to fellow GP Alexander and has a teenage son Finn. One night in December she's driving home, the weather is terrible and visibility is poor, when she finds a boy in the middle of the road, she gives him CPR while a taxi driver calls an ambulance. The teenager reminds her of her son Finn, what's he doing on a remote mountain road near Dublin and it appears to be a hit and run? Enya’s life has been spiralling out of control for a couple of months, she feels trapped in her marriage, and her once happy and loving son spends most of his time in his room. Enya moves to a remote a village called Abbeydooley in the Irish Midlands for a break and to think, she rents the former doctors house and surgery. Enya's expecting peace and tranquillity, instead it's pitch black outside, spooky and a tree branch keeps scraping the window. The Hawthorn Tree or Rag Tree is sacred, a ritual going back to Celtic times, it’s believed if a person ties the cloth to the tree, whatever sickness or ailment their suffering from will fade away as the rag rots and they will be healed. I have been a big fan of Cecelia Ahern's books and writing style for years, but her latest novel left me feeling somewhat perplexed and confused. I think it’s a story about dysfunctional families, not dealing with the loss of a loved one, superstition, making bad choices, secrets, mental illness and regret? Three stars from me, I do understand both Irish and Scottish people believed in folklore and have done for centuries, my mother’s from Scotland and the information about the Rag Tree is interesting and please read this book for yourself and see if it makes any sense to you!