My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty. Her sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours.

Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.

A writer of great wit and style ... I've read her books to ragged shreds.

It is not only the plot that it so compelling . . . What makes this wonderful novel stand out is the cast of emotionally fragile characters, all of whom inspire tremendous sympathy in the reader

A moving tale . . . prepare to weep

Irresistible . . . seductive . . . a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page

A spectacularly sure storyteller . . . Reading The Light Between Oceans is a total-immersion experience, extraordinarily moving.

The Light Between Oceans unfurls in small acts, at first feeling slight to touch, then building in emotional substance. Into the spaces between words, Stedman breathes an anxiety and pulsating intensity that roils with the ocean and the lighthouse beacon

The characters are beautifully drawn . . . A completely unique read. ****

A moving tale. One of this year's must-reads

Told with the authoritative simplicity of a fable . . . engrossing . . . immediate and familiar

Mesmerising . . . the sheer passion and poetry of Stedman's prose carries us on a wave of emotion and heartbreak

Pick of the month: The memorable and moving tale of one couple’s search for happiness

A haunting story peopled with characters you care about

Lyrical . . . Stedman’s debut signals a career certain to deliver future treasures

Stunning and memorable

Heart-wrenching

Exquisite

Delicate and imaginative . . . beautifully written . . . deserves every single bit of its success

Like a lighthouse, [The Light Between Oceans] shines a light in dark places, and its emotional resonance will stay with you for days

A thought-provoking debut novel . . . this beautifully delineated tale of love and loss, right and wrong, and what we will do for the happiness of those most dear to us, is moving without being maudlin

An extraordinary and heart-rending book about good people, tragic decisions, and the beauty found in each of them

Mesmerising...the sheer passion and poetry of Stedman's prose carries us on a wave of emotion and heartbreak.

The Light Between Oceans unfurls in small acts, at first feeling slight to touch, then building in emotional substance. Into the spaces between words, Stedman breathes an anxiety and pulsating intensity that roils with the ocean and the lighthouse beacon.

Pick of the month: The memorable and moving tale of one couple’s search for happiness

A description of the extraordinary, sustaining power of a marriage to bind two people together in love, through the most emotionally harrowing circumstances.

The characters are beautifully drawn...A completely unique read. ****

Book of the Week. Critics are buzzing about The Light Between Oceans, the gripping debut from M L Stedman.