The Shadow Sister (The Seven Sisters Book 3)

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As I said there is a certain amount of investment as a reader when dipping into a book from this series, the author weaves such elegant and complex story-lines that you need to be paying attention to what is happening whether it be with the characters from the past, or the story playing out in the current. Die Geschichte in der Vergangenheit hat mir sehr gut gefallen, vor allem auch wegen der starken Frauen! I was both heartbroken and delightedly happy at moments throughout Star and Flora’s story and love the way Lucinda weaves such magic in bringing it all together. This book takes the reader to the Lake District in England during the early twentieth century, and introduces us to Beatrix Potter and Alice Keppel, one of the King's mistresses. Star D’Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father – the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world.

The author has such skill to be able to weave everything together so seamlessly that you almost feel that everything you have been witness to be the truth. I have vivid memories of my father taking me up there when I was seven or eight, and hanging on to the side of the mountain when we were caught in a squall, just as Flora and Archie are. This might make it seem rather preposterous to those who are starting with this one, but trust me, the things that make absolutely no sense in this one are not explained in the earlier books either - just go with it. Star’s story and Flora’s past was like unravelling a really well wrapped parcel with delicate paper. I’m beginning to understand why they are rated number one on the Whitcoull’s Top 100 (which is based on reader votes) and really liked both heroines this time.The “unseen” lonely girls that in the end also find their happy ever after, or as close to it as life permits. I couldn’t really get a proper handle on her romantic counterpart and she didn’t really seem to be all that interested. To think that she might have done what she did in the Flora’s tory (no spoilers here) just wowed me and made me want to revisit Hill Top Farm to see if I could see some extra secrets that we don’t know about Beatrix.

She was a sociable, happy and illuminating person to be around, but of course, not without her flaws. All characters are so roundly developed that I feel at a loss now that I’ve finished the book and left them behind.I am as fascinated now as I was at the beginning of book one and even more hungry than ever for the rest of this amazing tale! The modern story deals in large part with Star finding her independence and tearing herself lose form this co-dependent relationship. She is happy and secure in her home in the Lake District, living close to her idol, Beatrix Potter, when machinations outside her control lead her to London, and the home of one of Edwardian society’s most notorious players, Alice Keppel. This woman fascinates me anyway and I’m very familiar with Cumbria and where she lives so this was a delight for me to meet her in a story like this and to feel so happy as if I really was meeting her for real.

Die Atmosphäre war absolut zum wohlfühlen und auch CeCe wurde mir im Laufe des Buches sympathischer, sodass ich mich nun auch auf den nächsten Band freuen kann. Lucinda Riley was born in Northern Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four.

This third book in the series is about Star, all her life she has been devoted to her sister CeCe kwho is a few months younger. Most of it was cooking, babysitting and speaking to family members about logistics of who's at which house and who's driving whom to the station and who got whom pregnant in which year.

I want to thank the publisher for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review! She is happy and secure in her home in England’s picturesque Lake District—just a stone’s throw away from the residence of her childhood idol, Beatrix Potter—when machinations lead her to London, and the home of one of Edwardian society’s most notorious society hostesses, Alice Keppel.Fortunately we are given a little taste of CeCe’s state of mind and where her travels may take her (and the reader) in the next book The Pearl Sister, (due for release November 2017) at the end of Star’s story. I, as I suspect did many, grew up with Beatrix Potter books and I still remember the stories and drawings fondly. CeCe’s story, The Pearl Sister, will take us into the turbulent history of Australia, as well as to South East Asia. Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella prize, The Lovely Books award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year award.