The story begins a few years after the first book in the trilogy, Becoming Lili, ends and dives straight into the oppressive and truly heart-wrenching life that is Daisy's. Ashamed, reluctant to expose her horrible life to her friends and family, Daisy navigates life with a truly abusive husband. Be prepared for visceral narratives, but how else can the glaring truth of abuse and violence be conveyed. Like the first book, Chaining Daisy is an engrossing read, and in no time at all, this (huge) book ends. It sometimes feels like a sweeping, cinematic mini-series, with characters so memorable and stories so poignant. Julia Blake has a true talent of pressing all the buttons for emotional feels, bringing to life the well-rounded characters, making you root for them, despise them, and sometimes want to knock their heads. A story about hardships--both open and secret, discovering one's self, and enduring through thick and thin with the help of friends and family. I'm eagerly looking forward to the final book, Rambling Rose.
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Read Becoming Lili first! Then get stuck into this epic novel.
Buckle up folk because you are in for a roller coaster ride with Chaining Daisy. One moment you are giggling at the way Kevin’s house help speaks and the next you’re weeping at how life deals the most appalling whammies when least expected. You’ve only just recovered from one swooping, stomach-lurching loop when there’s another around the corner that simply takes your breath away. I always thought Daisy’s husband was a dodgy character but never dreamed he could go to such lengths. The camaraderie of the group of friends makes me wish I was part of the group or at least had my own group just like that (especially seeing as they are always cooking each other delicious meals). To say that I loved the first book in this series, Becoming Lili, is an understatement – having read all four hundred and something pages twice in the space of less than a year. The second saga in the Perennials series continues seamlessly and does not disappoint. But it’s not all fiction – there’s an underlying message, a very important one, that we women need to speak up and stand up for ourselves and each other. We need to have the courage of our convictions and not just accept that we are to blame for things over which we have no control. Chaining Daisy is a riveting read. It’s not all peaches and pie. It’s gritty and sometimes downright shocking in places. I forsook my beloved garden for a whole weekend – I could not put the book down.
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019Format: KindleVerified Purchase
Buckle up folk because you are in for a roller coaster ride with Chaining Daisy.
Read Becoming Lili first! Then get stuck into this epic novel.
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019
One moment you are giggling at the way Kevin’s house help speaks and the next you’re weeping at how life deals the most appalling whammies when least expected. You’ve only just recovered from one swooping, stomach-lurching loop when there’s another around the corner that simply takes your breath away.
I always thought Daisy’s husband was a dodgy character but never dreamed he could go to such lengths.
The camaraderie of the group of friends makes me wish I was part of the group or at least had my own group just like that (especially seeing as they are always cooking each other delicious meals).
To say that I loved the first book in this series, Becoming Lili, is an understatement – having read all four hundred and something pages twice in the space of less than a year. The second saga in the Perennials series continues seamlessly and does not disappoint.
But it’s not all fiction – there’s an underlying message, a very important one, that we women need to speak up and stand up for ourselves and each other. We need to have the courage of our convictions and not just accept that we are to blame for things over which we have no control.
Chaining Daisy is a riveting read. It’s not all peaches and pie. It’s gritty and sometimes downright shocking in places. I forsook my beloved garden for a whole weekend – I could not put the book down.
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- Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2019Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
Reading Chaining Daisy has been an unforgettable and emotional roller coaster ride for me that was filled with cheers, laughter and sobbing tears that overflowed and ran freely down my cheeks. Yes, I was warned. But I was still unprepared. I was unprepared for the graphicness of the printed pages held in my hands. This book...this Perennial Series is about lives, relationships, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Chaining Daisy drained me but I couldn’t put it down. I dare say, neither will you.
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2019
I chose to put myself through this unbelievable gambit of emotions that left me exhausted and filled with happiness, sadness, joy, anger, fear, frustration, hate, despair, excitement and shock. Chaining Daisy drained me but I couldn’t put it down. I dare say, neither will you.
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- JackReviewed in Canada on February 9, 2022
This book touches on all your emotions
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase - A Gothic Writer's reading nookReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2019
An emotional, hard-hitting, gripping, incredibly heart wrenching read.
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Chaining Daisy, the second book in The Perennials Trilogy picks up where the first book Becoming Lili ends, pulling you straight into the story. In the first, we are introduced to the main cast of characters, a gang of friends whose lives are based in the late 90s. With Chaining Daisy, the years have moved on a little to the early 2000s, concentrating this time on Daisy who’s struggling with her not-so-perfect marriage, despite appearances, and Kevin, one of Lili’s oldest friends.A Gothic Writer's reading nookAn emotional, hard-hitting, gripping, incredibly heart wrenching read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2019
Julia Blake as always delivers a riveting story with eloquence and style. Her cast—and I’d always call her characters a cast as they’re so visual, so full and multidimensional, they live and breathe from the page—all have their supporting roles in this, all bringing something to the story. With scene-setting locations going from rural Suffolk to London to Cornwall, she manages to bring so much colour and atmosphere too.
I hate giving the plot away, I think the book blurb gives you enough. But what I will say is this is one hell of a ride. Although the book itself is a huge (well worth its money) read of over 400 pages, the author’s writing talent takes you by the hand, enticing you in; before you know it, you're halfway through and you’ve not been up for air. It certainly takes your breath away, dealing with difficult topics and situations, and although the author has dealt with these so realistically, so true to life, she has been careful to handle them with a sense of integrity—graphic descriptions where needed and others left to the imagination.
This is one book that stays with you. I read it in a few sittings, needing to close the pages and recover once in a while, reaching for the box of tissues, yet the characters stayed with me, calling me until I picked it up again. Though I urge every reader to have tissues to hand, this is in no way a mushy love story, though love and life in all its wonder and horror feature strongly, Chaining Daisy is hard-hitting, gripping, incredibly heart wrenching read with soft, tender, beautiful moments. A well-earned 5 stars!
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- CarrieReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2019
Heartbreaking and compelling
Format: KindleVerified Purchase - Wendy HewlettReviewed in Canada on September 12, 2019
All the Feels!
Format: KindleVerified Purchase - Trisha J. Kelly - authorReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2019
I could not put this book down
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