⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This review is for The Butterfly Box by Santa Montefiore. I was lucky enough to discover this in a box of giveaways outside a neighbour's house and I am always on the lookout for something new to read! I have heard other people discuss Santa Montefiore novels, but this is the first time I've read one, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It coincided with a delightfully warm, three days in March in the UK, during lockdown 3.0, and I spent the majority of my time outside in the sunshine, enthralled in this book.
The story is set primarily between Chile and Cornwall, with Federica Campione being the main character in the book. With a Chilean father and an English mother, the novel begins with Federica as a 6-year-old girl who idolises her father, and despite his many absences, in her eyes, he can do no wrong. The story follows Federica as she grows to become a young woman, and we join her on her journey through life, loves, hardship and torment.
I loved many of the characters and how each one links to Federica, her life and the effect they have on her throughout her childhood, teenage years and beyond.
Santa Montefiore's descriptions of both Chile and Cornwall are enticing, with Chile's exotic landscapes and Cornwall's cliff top walks, you could almost imagine yourself being right there.
There wasn't much I disliked about the book. There were characters that I really didn't like, but to me, this is a sign of a good author. Santa Montefiore wanted certain characters to be disliked and in this, she succeeded.
I would recommend this book to anyone who just wants to sit down, read and be absorbed in a book. No, it's not Wuthering Heights or Oliver Twist, but it is a book you can just lose yourself in instantly and is a great getaway in a world where, at the moment, we sometimes just need to forget.
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