Eowyn Ivey: To the Bright Edge of the World

 Hi everyone

I reread one of my favourite books ever, Eowyn Ivey's To the Bright Edge of the World. 
This was my second time reading it and I enjoyed it just as much as the first time.

"Set again in the Alaskan landscape that she bought to stunningly vivid life in The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey's second novel is a breathtaking story of discovery and adventure, set at the end of the nineteenth century, and of a marriage tested by a closely held secret.
Colonel Allen Forrester receives the commission of a lifetime when he is charged to navigate Alaska's hitherto impassable Wolverine River, with only a small group of men. The Wolverine is the key to opening up Alaska and its huge reserves of gold to the outside world, but previous attempts have ended in tragedy.
For Forrester, the decision to accept this mission is even more difficult, as he is only recently married to Sophie, the wife he had perhaps never expected to find. Sophie is pregnant with their first child, and does not relish the prospect of a year in a military barracks while her husband embarks upon the journey of a lifetime. She has genuine cause to worry about her pregnancy, and it is with deep uncertainty about what their future holds that she and her husband part."

This is so, so beautifully told. It's captivating, atmospheric, and impossible to put down.
Both Sophie's and Forrester's diary entries are written well, interesting and engrossing. I adored their love and their interests. The way Sophie has his support in everything she does. It melts my heart. The setting is wonderfull, the history fascinating and the sidecharacters feel real too.

I loved it, from the first page to the last. I loved this book.
Highly, highly recommenden!

Happy reading!
Helena