The synopsis grabbed me on this one, straight away. Such a beautiful story. It was emotional , and all about friendships. I have always loved hand written letters so I very much connected with this book.

A very emotional journey with lots of heartwarming as well heartbreaking moments.
A beautiful story about how friendships can survive all that is thrown at them.
Thank you for the opportunity to read this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Loved it!! Casey, Debbie and Georgie are devastated to find out their best friend, Rosie, has died. None of them even knew Rosie was sick. Rosie's dying wish is for the friends to stay for eight weeks on Scarty Island off the County Clare coast in Ireland. The island is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. The friends are to stay in Rosie's farmhouse, which is the only structure on the island. The house has no electric or indoor plumbing. The only way to communicate with the townspeople is to raise up a flag and hope someone notices it. It felt like all the Kennedy's did was ferry the women back and forth all day. How did they actually have time to get any work done? The relationship between Casey, Debbie and Georgie was intense at times. Debbie and Georgie seemed to bicker over everything. They all wanted the best for each other and had to forgive each other for the stuff that happened in the past. Debbie pushed Georgie because she wanted the best for her. Georgie needed her guidance since she didn't always make the best decisions. The three women definitely didn't make the best decisions when it came to men. I do not know how Casey stayed married to Gary for so long. She was well aware of his extracurricular activities with other women. Those eight weeks on Scarty Island were the best thing for Casey, Debbie and Georgie. They all reconnected and learned what they really needed in life. They also got to share their memories of Rosie. Rosie knew what she was doing when she brought her friends together. Loved learning the truth about Rosie and why she loved Scarty Island so much. The island held so many secrets. Rosie's last letter was definitely a shock, especially when she revealed the truth. The women had me laughing and crying. I can't believe they allowed a chicken to live in the house!! The messes they would have to clean up. Then they keep Rosie in a cereal box.

Definitely recommend the book. The book was pure magic and beautifully written. I felt like I was right there with Casey, Debbie and Georgie as they reacquainted themselves with each other, made the farmhouse their home away from home and got to know the real Rosie. Scarty Island sounded beautiful, with the wildlife, beaches and flowers. I wouldn't mind visiting the farmhouse for a day, but not eight weeks. I would simply stay in Ballymurphy. All the people were lovely and immediately welcomed the women to the village. Loved the characters, writing style and story. Look forward to reading more books by the author.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bookouture through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Casey, Debbie and Georgie receive a letter from their friend Rosie who has just died. The four girls used to be best friends but over the years they each went their own way and had little contact with each other.

Rosie requests that her 3 friends should travel to an isolated Island off the west coast of Ireland to scatter her ashes.

I loved the way Rosie’s story unfolded and how she brought her friends together on Scarty Island.

Full of mystery, secrets and humour about friendship, families and relationships.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for a chance to read this E-Book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

When a good friend passes, she leaves a letter to her friends, asking them to go to an island in Ireland and scatter her ashes. When they arrive, they find out that they will be receiving a letter a week asking them to remember their friendship, which has waned lately.

Very painful read, not emotionally just not great writing. The dialogue was all so forced, formal and stiff. Wouldn’t hurt to use a contraction. The characters were abysmal most of the time. I just felt bad for the village people wh9 had to put up with their nonsense. No one could be so clueless surely.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for a copy of "A Letter from Ireland" in exchange for my honest opinion.

A book by Ms. O'Loughlin is sure to transport the reader to the shores of Ireland and you will always be in for a great read. The cover will draw you in straight away as it is gorgeous. Her stories are always filled with messages and lessons. Her words will have the scent of the ocean around you.

When Casey's dear friend Rosie passes away, she is heartbroken as she didn't even know she'd been ill. She travels to Ireland to learn more about the friend that she thought she knew so well. She finds a community and immerses herself in it as she learns about Rosie and herself in the process.

I received a free copy of, A Letter from Ireland, by Ann O'Loughlin, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Rosie has died, before she did she sent letters to her friends, to come to Scarty, in Ireland o say goodbye and reminisce. Casey, Georgie, and Debbie have lost touch over the years, but meet up in Scarty, to honor Rosie. I found this book to be a little confusing, with the names and the places.

Four friends gone their different ways but brought together by the death of one in their group. Her last request that they spend two whole months on the remote island of Scarty to reminisce, rebond and find out about themselves. It is a big ask. Each of them have professional and personal commitments which they find hard to let go, but they eventually do and get themselves to this remote area of Ireland.

The story pivots around Casey but the other two have stories of their own. Each of them have conflicts of being taken for granted, for being cheated on and in Georgie’s case close to bankruptcy. How the issues get resolved through closer introspection and facing up to reality and their own failings, how the second chance life throws at you should not be allowed to go astray, are all highlighted in this story.

Rosie herself had a life and secrets unknown to anyone and that in itself was shattering for all around her. That she could only come out with them after she died, was sad. But that is the story.

An emotional and joyous read at the same time.

A beautiful story. After Rosie dies she makes a surprise request for her three best friends to go to Ireland for two months and to scatter her ashes after much soul searching they eventually decided to honour her wishes. It's a lovely story and as it unfolds in the letters Rosie leaves them it is both heartbreaking but healing for them and the family who live on the Island of Scarty who had connections with her.A story of love, loss friendships and relationships which eventually reunite them all. I loved it

Casey, Debbie, and Georgie lose their best friend Rosie, to cancer. At Rosie’s request they travel to Scarty Island off the coast of Ireland. They are to spend two months there and during that time they need to spread Rosie’s ashes there. They are staying in a rustic farmhouse. The friends have many questions as to why they are there and why is this the first time they are hearing about it. Rosie answers all their questions through letters that she wrote before she passed away. Casey is loving life on the island and finds herself connecting with the locals. One local in particular Shay, who owns the pub. Casey begins falling for Shay, but when the last and final letter arrives, Casey wonders if it will destroy the new romance between them.

A Letter From Ireland, written by author Ann O’Loughlin is a wonderful story of friendship, family and new beginnings. The author is so good at transporting the reader to Ireland, I felt like I was actually there. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the letter’s that Rosie had written. She felt like an old friend, and I wish I had known her before she passed away. I really like the blossoming romance between Casey and Shay and I felt like I knew them. This is an emotional and fantastic read and I highly recommend it.

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Wonderful! Wonderful!!!! I absolutely fell in love with this book!!!!! I felt like I was on the shores of Scarty Island. When Casey’s best friend Rosie passes away, Casy receives a mysterious letter sending her to the island for two months. Casey goes on an emotional journey and realizes that friendships never truly die. Get the tissues ready for this one.
This is my first book by Ann O’Loughlin but it won’t be my last! I am looking forward to reading more books by her. Many thanks to the author, Bookouture and NetGalley for a complimentary copy of the book. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
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First of all, what a beautiful cover! That artwork is gorgeous and extremely eye-catching.

The story follows Casey, who receives a letter from the grave from her friend Rosie, who sadly passed. Casey decides to visit the island and work out who her friend really was.

This is a beautiful book and offers a sense of longing and discovery. A friend wants to discover her friend's past and all the secrets she holds!

Casey is such a lovely character, and you really feel for as she goes on this very special journey - Ann writes it perfectly ❤️.

I also love how Ann builds the mystery of Rosie too and while her story was incredibly sad, it really allowed me as the reader to get to know Rosie too and her past relationships plus her relationship with Casey.

It's such a lovely, heart-warming story and once again beautifully told.

I am a sucker for friendship books; they don't always pan out but they always pique my interest. In this novel, Rosie, gathers her oldest friends on an island after she passes away from cancer. The island is rustic but beautiful and the friends wonder why Rosie did not tell them about her diagnosis. The remaining women had some falling outs over the years.
The positives: the scenery was beautifully described; it was almost another character, really. I wanted to go to this island myself. The characters were well fleshed out. It was a fast read.
The negatives: the plot of Rosie dying seems a little bit of a ploy, and a little bit melodramatic. There was a strong start but later on, there were points that seemed a little too drawn out. And Georgie annoyed me, though I think she was meant to.
All in all, I was happy to have read this and this makes me want to read some of the author's other books.
I am providing my honest and unbiased review in exchange for an ARC from Bookouture and NetGalley.

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✨ emotional
✨ healing
✨ reconnecting

✨ I’m speechless. The way this book has been written was emotionally moving ( in a good way).
If you want to have a good cry this book is a must read.


✨ we lose friends, we lose them to death , to distance and overtime. But even though they may be lost,hope is not. The key is to keep them in your heart,and when the time is right , you can pick up the friendship right where you left off.
This is what I felt reading this. Even the the lost find theirs way home,when you leave the light on.



✨ A story of friendship, heart wrenching, reconnecting of a story.
Definitely worth the read and take note : ready your tissues ❤️




✨ Thankyou @bookouture for the opportunity to read this book for a honest review.





❤️ shaye.reads

A Letter From Ireland by Ann O'Loughlin is an immersive tale of loyalty, friendship, love, loss , secrets and so very much more

O'Loughlin draws the reader into the wonder of Scarty Island, it's natural beauty and close community. The writing is wonderfully illustrative, to the point the reader is almost right there with the characters. The character profiles and development are very well constructed and ban balanced gracefully with the storyline and dialogue. Before we even get into the storyline, we have a novel that embraces the reader, enveloping them in a gorgeous ambience, almost as if they were cuddled up with a cup of tea and a warm sweater


Casey is devastated when her best friend Rosie passes away, leaving behind a legacy laced with the story of a secret life over on Scarty Island, a tiny island of the coast of Ireland, with a tiny community, including the Hazel-Eyed Shay (one of my favourite characters). Shay owns the pub on the island and is "still waters". The surface is calm, but there is a lot going on below

Rosie's letters are a key part of the narrative, adding an extra dimension to an already poignant and compelling story. Comparing the craziness of city life to the gentle calm of Scarty Island, the similarities and differences between the lives of the two women, and the tales and secrets of Rosies hidden life and the island she loved. As Casey works through the waves of grief and loss, her dear friends letters buoy her up, and give her direction as she heals

This is not just a story of the gentle and the emotional, there are also dynamic and intense story arcs filled with drama and suspense. In short, this book has everything I enjoy in a novel I want to get lost in. It is unpredictable, yet comforting, heartbreaking, yet reassuring, it is wholesome and forbidden. I highly recommend it as the perfect read for fall, and indeed, year round

Thank you to Netgalley, Bookouture and Ann O'Loughlin for this stunning ARC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own

Oh my goodness this was a tear jerker. Such an emotional read and so beautifully written. This is the third book I've read by Ann and it's as good as her others. Set in Ireland and America it brought up all different pictures in my mind but the island as it's characters. The ending was just what I'd hoped for. My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

A Letter from Ireland is such a beautiful and emotional read. I could barely put it down, finishing it in less than 24 hours.
A poignant read, it will have the reader reflecting on past choices and reevaluating what's really important and what it's time to let go of.
I now want to visit Scarty Island in Ireland, listening to the waves of the sea crashing against the shore, swim and have the close-knit relationship the mainlanders do.
Three women, with different personalities and a bit quirky at times, which makes them interesting visit Scarty Island for a two-month time period at the request of their friend who has passed away. These women all used to be very close, but time and circumstances happened, and they no longer share this closeness. The friend, Rosie, has written them letters delivered to them at the appropriate times which reveals secrets she has kept. These are things she has not wanted to dwell on even herself. These reveals cause the women a lot of self-reflection and tears for what could have been but will not have a chance now to be. I absolutely loved this book. So beautifully written and emotional. I will be telling all my friends about this book and reading more by the author.

I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.
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A LETTER FROM IRELAND by Ann O’Loughlin is a women’s fiction story about four best friends who have a falling out and are never the same again. When Rosie passes away from cancer, which none of her friends knew about, she sets up a two-month long reunion of the remaining three women on her private island off the coast of Ireland, but there are secrets to be revealed in the form of letters from their dead friend.

The description of this story had me wanting to sit down and read about these women’s lives and it is full of surprises and big emotions, but not until far too late into the book. The first third of the story was repetitive, slow, and almost had me putting it down for good, but I carried on and was glad that I did as far as the overall plot.

The three women are portrayed at various stages of their lives and Casey is the focus. I had a hard time warming up to her and I never felt a deep connection to any of the three. The story focused as much on the location as the women which I felt their character development should have been deeper. The romantic subplot between Casey and Shay just felt thrown in and did not make me feel any more for Casey, especially since she was still legally married.

Overall, this was just an alright women’s fiction read that for me did not live up to the promise.

I loved the drama of friendships, also awed seeing the courage and strength it brought out in the characters.