The Storm Sister (The Seven Sisters, 2)

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There, Ally begins to discover her roots - and how her story is inextricably bound to that of a young unknown singer, Anna Landvik, who lived there over a hundred years before, and sang in the first performance of Grieg's iconic music set to Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt'. I was lukewarm about the first one for various reasons, but thought that Ally sounded more interesting than insipid Maia, and definitely enjoyed the stronger characters and non-romance plot line in this one. I enjoy reading the different theories that readers come up with, and sometimes have a quiet giggle at them. The first book of the series,is much more interesting than this but ok i give it three stars since it wasn't that awful. As I said this is a story you get lost in, Ally was a bit of a struggle to get along with at the beginning of the book, but as the story progressed, in the past and in her present you get to understand a little more about her and her motivations, and to say it doesn’t just rain but it pours in relation to the things she has to deal with would be an understatement, Lucinda really did push this character to her limits in relation to her losses and gains in this story.

While the various present-day revelations and final outcomes were totally predictable, I liked the way it ended, and do intend to continue the series. I also liked Anna, she may be naive and innocent, but she learns to stand up for herself and use her talent to get herself out of various difficult situations. Ally meets the love of her life through sailing and after tragic circumstances she finds herself in Norway. An amazing example of dialogue during an emotional moment: “I wrapped my hands around his neck and planted a kiss on the top of his head, ‘Thank you so much for saying that. For me, this has always been a matter of personal preference, but I'm still not warming up to her writing style and I don't think I will.So Alcyone (Ali), the "Sister of the Wind", from childhood had a penchant for music lessons and excellent musical abilities, but no less loved to sail. My friends at Cappelen Damm, my publishing house, were instrumental in introducing me to the people I needed to speak to. I want each novel to be able to stand alone as well, so I’ve had to come up with interesting premises to explain the main plot line of Pa Salt adopting all the girls to new readers, without being too repetitive for those who have read the previous sisters’ stories. Die Sturmschwester“ von Lucinda Riley ist der zweite Band der 'Sieben-Schwestern-Reihe' und hier dreht sich alles um Ally und der Suche nach ihren Wurzeln. I think it's because they're light, easy reads, and are nice after reading something intense, or sad.

When I wrote about the first novel of the cycle, I assumed that each book, in addition to the theme of experiencing loss, finding a family and forgiveness, a love and adventure component, would be a story about one of the modern wonders of the world, and now I understand that I was wrong. You go through a whole gamut of emotions in reading this story, it is so richly built, and vividly described that the characters all feel so very real to you as you are reading of their journeys, although set in very different times everything is weaved together so beautifully that it was just a real pleasure to read, three couples, three love stories, set in three very different times. I liked that Ally actually found living blood relatives and how she started to build three-dimensional relationships with them. kol pats neišgyveni netekties ir stipraus sielvarto, neįmanoma nuoširdžiai atjausti kitų, atsidūrusių tokioje pat padėtyje. The heroine learns the experience of heavy losses and happy gains, and you and I will meet with the history of the creation of wonderful music, not without some scandalous details (however, Riley is very delicate).These books flip from today and then right back to great grandparents time which is a lovely Idea and normally works but we get such a heartbreaking start before the first step back in time I wasn't really interested. Rushing back to meet her five sisters at their family home, she discovers that her father - an elusive billionaire affectionately known to his daughters as Pa Salt - has left each of them a tantalizing clue to their true heritage. Some characters in the book are drawn straight from the pages of the world history, but the stories going in and around their lives are mostly fictional!

The Storm Sister is the second book in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley and the book is amazing! She was young, naive, spunky, spirited, honest, and actually interesting (something Ally just doesn't have going for her). The sheer arrogance of 'I get to patronize you in the name of protectiveness, but you don't get to veto my self-destructive decisions' drove me up the fucking walls.

But the amount and level of grief she goes through, made me sympathetic as well as root for her till the very end. Ally D'Apliese is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father's sudden, mysterious death. And the plot is written in a back and forth, past/present, style that captivates and engages you as it sweeps you along through the highs and lows of both Ally and Anna’s life.