Don't be fooled by the beautiful cover or the blurb that talks of romance because they will deceive you. For unless you have a keen interest on the history of flight, you won't find this book very interesting.
The first two-thirds of the book is about Miles and Isabel as separate people, living their lives without knowledge of the each other. And for a novel that touts true love, that is a long time to expect the readers to wait. Yet, I think the true love spoken of is actually about their true love of flight, not of each other. And in that respect, sure, Tom Gilling does a great job of storytelling. Except, I, admittedly, could not care less about flight and why Miles and Isabel are so consumed by it.
When the two finally meet, their time together is so rushed, that I found it hard to believe that they could have fallen in love over such a short period of time. Sure, they're kindred spirits as far as their love of flight and storytelling is concerned, but Mr. Gilling left so much to the imagination, that when the end came, I found myself thinking, "This is it?!"
I felt gypped, not so much of an ending, but of a real tale of romance.
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