The Shadow Sister (The Seven Sisters Book 3)

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All of her characters, most notably Peter Rabbit, have become staples of British childhood and iconic figures worldwide. That being said, I did enjoy following Flora (and Panther of course) through life, and enjoyed much of the post-London part in particular. Her boss Orlando is one of my favourite characters in this story -- part of me wants to reach into the pages and bring him into real life, even though he's not at all built for it! It seemed more like she was deliberately mean to CeCe to somehow punish her for stunting her growth. This was the first of the Seven Sisters books where I liked the present day storyline just as much as the historical one.

Die Geschichte in der Vergangenheit hat mir sehr gut gefallen, vor allem auch wegen der starken Frauen! Her youngest daughter Sonia would go on to become the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker-Bowles, the wife of Prince Charles. Eventually, with the support of his family and Star’s kindness, he is able to have a relationship with her and his son and move on from the past. 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. Which I’m totally fine with – it’s all part of that “you have to accept the fantastical backdrop of the series” thing.I wasn’t as enamoured learning about Flora, Mrs Keppel, Edward - the king of the time, Beatrix Potter and others. She was regularly conversing with Kings and Kaisers over supper, active in politics as well as running one of the most sought after salons in London.

Star wirkt auf ersten Blick ziemlich blass, in Wahrheit ist sie aber ein starker Charakter, nur sehr ruhig. Leicht schwächer als die ersten beiden Bücher aber trotzdem fesselnd und wieder ein schönes Leseerlebnis. Ich mochte Star als Protagonistin wirklich gerne, obwohl ich nicht einmal behaupten würde mich gut mit ihr identifizieren zu können.I had wanted to read this series from the beginning and I was a bit unsure how it would go starting with book three. A charming story focused on family and romance with characters that are complex and just a little bit quirky.

It really feels like a journey through time, with such amazing descriptions that you can't help but feel that you are there. Und genauso still und ruhig entwickelt sie sich weiter, wird noch stärker und selbstbewusster, kommt aus sich heraus und kapselt sich von CeCe ab. The writing also seems to have improved with each book - there’s much less word repetition and the plot flows nicely.Following on from the bestselling The Seven Sisters and The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister is the third book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series, loosely based on the mythology of the Seven Sisters star cluster. Designed as a series of ‘rooms’, each one tells a different story, and I thought it was the perfect model for High Weald.