Darjeeling Inheritance (Liz Harris)

1930, Charlotte returns to Darjeeling after years in boarding school and finds her father has just passed away, leaving the tea plantation and business to her. But this comes with some particular wishes her father has expressed with respect to her life. But she may have different plans…
The love Charlotte has for Darjeeling comes through in all the beautiful and evocative descriptions of sceneries, atmospheres, seasons, scents. We learn about the tea growing, the running of the plantation, social customs through the seasons and the way of life in the 30s in this part of the world, especially for women.
I enjoyed the atmosphere of the book and found the characters interesting and well portrayed. I found myself digging for information to go further about the tea growing and history of Darjeeling, because both are very interesting. I would have loved to find more of that information brought into this story as it would have given it an extra depth. Although the book is, in my personal opinion, more a romance than a historical fiction, it is a very enjoyable read.