Review: A Night on the Orient Express

A Night on the Orient Express by Veronica Henry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A Night On The Orient Express sees a group of passengers settling into their seats on board the train journey of a lifetime. We meet Emmie And Archie who won the trip as a prize on an online dating website, Adele and her granddaughter Imogen - who has been sent on the journey to Venice by her Grandmother to run a mysterious errand, famous photographer, Riley and his lifelong sweetheart Sylvie who make the journey each year for Sylvie's birthday, and Simon and new "step mum" Stephanie, who along with Simon's teenage children make the journey to try and bring the family together as a unit.

As the infamous train rattles along the tracks, we hear of the tales of the passengers on-board and very quickly I felt like I was drawn into the story, with the wonderful descriptions of the marquetry on the inside of the coaches, to the smells and the ambience which soon had me believing that I was a passenger being rocked gently from side to side, like a baby in a cradle. I felt I was sitting in these remarkable carriages hearing the stories from the characters themselves as the romantic scenery of Paris, Switzerland and Italy flashed past the window, rather than sitting in my living room in Kent on a rainy Monday afternoon!!

I knew when I bought this book that I wasn't going to be disappointed, as Veronica Henry has quickly become one of my favourite authors. She never fails to write captivating, page turning books that drag in you, and you very rapidly believe YOU are part of the story.

Up until now, I always thought that travelling on the Orient Express was something that old people did when they retired, but how wrong was I?! It is now firmly on my bucket list - hopefully before my retirement!!

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