As usual in my reviews, I will not rehash the plot - there are already some reviews like that out there if that's what you are looking for.

This is the fouth - and final - book in this series, and well worth waiting for! This time the action is split between the beautiful isolated isle of St Kilda, the Scottish mainland, and Canada (not a spoiler as it was referenced in the previous novel!).

Like the previous books, this one includes some events that happened in the earlier novels, but from different points of view. This time, we see events through the eyes of Jayne - a friend of Effie, Mhairi and Flora - who has "the sight" and is thus rather more on the fringes in many ways.

This novel follows up the multiple strands running throughout this series, and brings them to a (largely) satisfactory conclusion. I will give nothing away - except to say that I was surprised by a final twist or two.

I've thoroughly enjoyed this series. It's quite remarkable how Karen Swan has managed to write such a satisfyingly rich saga based on tiny St Kilda and her 36 (or so) inhabitants. I really hope that she will write more in this ilk (if she can find the time, as she is a prolific novelist!)

My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC. All opinions my own.

Thanks to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for a review copy of this book. I am a huge fan of Karen Swan's novels and I have especially loved the Wild Isle series, so I was thrilled to be able to receive an advance copy of the conclusion of this series. I inhaled it, I have to say, reading it quickly but also feeling reluctant to part with the characters that have made up the four novels.

The novel opens with Jane’s viewpoint, the sister-in-law to Mollie who'd sadly died of pneumonia, and who was the prompt for the nurse Lorna, to request the islanders be evacuated to the mainland. Jane is reclusive. Married to a bully and an abuser, she also has the sight, both of which lead her to keep to herself for the most part. With Mollie’s death, Jane is able to share her deep grief with David, Mollie’s sweetheart who'd hoped to marry her. It's that shared grief that caused David and Jane to be at the graveyard the last night on the island, and for Jane to witness certain events that take her months and many calamities to make sense of. Those months cause her to question the kind of person she is and forces her to make critical choices.

The novel continues the stories, too of the other three women – Effie, Mhairi, and Flora, as they all continue to face the challenges of the events before they left Kilda and the choices they made.

I really loved all the novels of this series and this one was no exception. To successfully tackle such intricate weaving of parallel timelines is so impressive, especially given the stellar result. Swan continues to produce compelling and wonderfully descriptive novels with rich characters that create a world you can't help but inhabit and are reluctant to leave. In this Swan recreated 1930s Scotland in vivid detail.

She mentions writing more series and I look forward to it as I would look forward to any of her books. Highly recommended.

The fourth and final book in the series. It ties up all the loose ends beautifully with a really satisfying twist. I’ve loved all the books, although the cliffhanger at the end of each book and the gap between books has been hard on this devoted reader! Karen Swan’s books are always a thrilling and soul warming read, this has been especially so.

Thank you to Netgalley the author and publishers for an arc in exchange for an honest review

Thanks to PanMac and NetGalley for the ERC of the final book in the Wild Isles series.

The book neatly ties up all the loose ends of the previous 3 books.

The book is centered around Jayne, married to Norman, she has been cursed with a second sight.

I loved this final book, and spent the whole day completely engrossed!