{"id":325,"date":"2021-02-21T22:25:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T03:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samiamreadingandreviewing.wordpress.com\/?p=325"},"modified":"2025-06-24T21:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T21:03:37","slug":"the-smugglers-daughter-kerry-barrett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/?p=325","title":{"rendered":"The Smuggler’s Daughter – Kerry Barrett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Usually, novels that jump between past and present are not my favorite, because they tend to be pretty transparent in their plot due to two short stories in one novel. While this wasn\u2019t not<\/em> the case with The Smuggler\u2019s Daughter<\/em> by Kerry Barrett, I did find myself sucked into the story and really wanting to see it through to the end – a good sign! I enjoyed this book and would recommend it for anyone who wants a reasonably cozy mystery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the present, Phoebe, who\u2019s taking a break from her job as a police officer after a traumatic experience, travels to Cornwall with her friend to restore a pub called the Moon Girl. The Moon Girl has an interesting past, as the locals report that it was once used as a smuggler\u2019s haven, but is now haunted by the ghost of Emily Moon. While not finding much to do in the way of helping the struggling pub, Phoebe decides to investigate the story of Emily and to see if she can find an alternative ending to the haunting that\u2019s been described to her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, it has been two years since Emily Moon watched her father killed by smugglers in order to use her family\u2019s pub as a throughway for illegal goods. When the time comes that she and her mother are desperate enough to accept the smugglers\u2019 \u201chelp\u201d in return for some favors, Emily decides that she\u2019s not going to help willingly; she\u2019s going to avenge her father\u2019s death in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While both girls have different goals for themselves and their stay in the inn, Emily and Phoebe both contend with challenges; Phoebe deals with her traumatic experience and Emily with being somewhat mute, so people think she\u2019s handicapped. They both hear and see strange things on the cliffs, in the inn, and in the church, and neither can resist investigating. Both girls are determined, empathetic, and have justice on the forefront of their minds. As the book progresses, readers can see more and more how the two stories mirror and play into each other. I was really impressed with Barrett\u2019s ability to connect these two storylines, even though, on the face of it, they\u2019re not really connected at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found the plot of Phoebe\u2019s part of the story a little transparent, but only because of Emily\u2019s part. There were some features that directly played into Phoebe\u2019s storyline, which is why I wasn\u2019t as wowed by it – I already knew some! I really enjoyed following both girls, especially Emily, as her story turned out much differently than I thought it might have in the beginning. The pace of both storylines was really well-done; the switch between both was made at just the right times to keep me on my toes while reading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, I thought this book was a really nice read. It has a hint of romance, a really nice storyline (two of them!), and likeable characters that have enough flaws to be human. For a random grab off of NetGalley, I was very pleased with this read and surprised with how much I liked it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Usually, novels that jump between past and present are not my favorite, because they tend to be pretty transparent in their plot due to two short stories in one novel. While this wasn\u2019t not the case with The Smuggler\u2019s Daughter by Kerry Barrett, I did find myself sucked into the story and really wanting toContinue reading “The Smuggler’s Daughter – Kerry Barrett”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[119,165,213,287,385],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-emily-moon","tag-historical-mystery","tag-kerry-barrett","tag-mystery","tag-smuggling","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/the-smugglers-daughter.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions\/644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samiamreading.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}