Publisher’s description: Thomasina ‘Hitch’ Waycott loves living and working on the remote family farm and B&B. But she also wants more. To see the world. To own her own home. To fall madly in love.

But those are fairy tales, and if her life is a fairy tale, then she’s the ugly duckling. Her deformed lip, her crooked limbs and her weak heart have kept her from taking chances. But that’s about to change.

When Grayson Potts comes to stay, he’s unlike anyone Thomasina has ever met. He’s aloof, eccentric and exceptionally kind. He’s also totally unconcerned with the physical flaws that have always defined Thomasina.

The two form a bond that neither has had before. It’s possible that it could become something more, but Thomasina also wonders if it’s too good to be true. By putting her heart on the line, Thomasina may open herself to heartbreak. But she may also open herself to so much more.

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I was really excited to read Amanda Prowse’s “The Things I Know,” but I was a bit disappointed when I really got into it. It started out feeling like a great coming of age story. Thomasina (Hitch) is the main character we’re following throughout, and this is the type of story that has to build, so I took that into consideration.

Where I struggled was that it seemed like even the author was unclear about how old her main characters were. As I read deeper into the story, Thomasina sometimes acted like a moody teenager, sometimes like a 20-something, and sometimes like early 30s. It also took sooooooooo long to get to the climax of the story, and then the whole thing was wrapped up in about three pages followed by an epilogue two years in the future. By the time I got there, I really wasn’t invested anymore.

I have liked previous books by Amanda Prowse, so I’m sure I’ll be reading future books, but this one fell kind of flat for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.