I could see how excited she was about her find, and admittedly, the apartment was impressive. I didn’t want to burst her bubble by telling her the truth: that living in what amounted to a vast, characterless glass box overlooking a murky river could not have been farther from Atlantis if it tried.

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 of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the Seven Sisters constellation. No thanks.” Although CeCe only used it when we were alone, I mentally chided myself for being irritated by the pet name she had coined for me when we were little. It came from a book Pa Salt had given me for Christmas, The Story of Anastasia, about a young girl who lived in the woods in Russia and discovered she was a princess. 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 reads the journals of Flora, a young woman from that time period, as she herself figures out where she fits in society and love. A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. 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. Flora is torn between passionate love and her duty to her family, but finds herself a pawn in a larger game. That is, until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life...So this 3rd entry, we meet Star. Star, in the past, we haven't heard much from considering that her sister CeeCee is always speaking for her. So I, personally, was very interested in what she would end up being like. Yes, she was a very quiet person. She's okay with being surrounded by books, or just being in the kitchen/garden. She doesn't feel the need to fill the silence. She, however, does feel the need to break away from CeeCee and forge her own path. Which is how she finds herself outside a London bookstore and meets the eccentric, Orlando. Through him and his family, Star will find much more than her history...she will also find her future. Good gracious this cover is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! It is what drew me in to read the synopsis on this one and request it from NetGalley. I can’t not mention how fascinated I was to read of Beatrix Potter’s fictional role in the story. 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. 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.

This was the first of the Seven Sisters books where I liked the present day storyline just as much as the historical one. In 'The Shadow Sister' our historical heroine is Flora MacNichol, who I instantly adored for her fierce independence and love of animals. Flora's story went in quite a few unexpected directions, and I loved the appearances of figures such as Beatrix Potter.The novel starts as a tale of toxic sibling rivalry. Casey and Sutton are upper middle class biracial sisters. They do horrible things to each other. They say horrible things to each other. They each think the other is favored by their parents. One sister thinks the other gets more attention because she is a light skinned and athletic. Come and help me choose some sofas,” she called from the sitting room as I filled our yellowing tub with lukewarm water.

A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy in her home in England’s picturesque Lake District—just a stone’s throw away from her childhood idol, Beatrix Potter. But when circumstances carry her to London, and into the home of one of Edwardian England’s most notorious society hostesses, Alice Keppel, she finds herself a pawn in a larger game; forced to choose between passionate love and duty to her family. That is, until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman reveals answers Flora has been searching for… I got very engaged in both Star's and Flora's lives. Sure there were times I wanted to scream at them to not be stupid and think of themselves, but they are both very undemanding and their love for their sisters makes them make decisions that go against what they really want. I did have moments when I just wanted them both to be a bit more selfish, and tell them to reach for the stars! The Shadow Sister is book three The Seven Sisters series. I had wanted to read this series from the beginning and I was a bit unsure how it would go starting with book three. But, despite some mentionings from the previous book did I find this book to work as a stand-alone. Although now I really want to read the previous two books! blogtour Adventure Ancient Egypt Art History Australia Book Blogger Bookliterati Book Recommendation Book review Contemporary Fiction Crime Del Rey Doubleday Emmeline Kirby and Gregory Longdon Mystery Fantasy Festive Reads Florence Folklore Harper 360 Harper Collins Harper Voyager Historical Fiction History Independently Published Italy Karen Swan Literary Fiction Magic Mantle Books Melville House Murder Mystery Myth Orenda Books Pan Macmillan Penguin Random House Psychological thriller Romance Secrets Simon and Schuster Supernatural Suspense thriller Women's Fiction Zaffre Books Book title Search for: Search Search Recent CommentsStars Geschichte ist interessant und fesselnd, genau wie die von Flora. Beide versuchen ihren Platz in der Welt zu finden. Sutton has gone missing, and Casey is doing her best to hide just how furious she is. They had a major argument before she disappeared and rarely got along. Casey is doing her best to play along with the perfect picture her parents are painting of Sutton even though she was manipulative and even stole an heirloom bracelet from Casey. So when Sutton miraculously reappears, Casey doesn’t know how to feel. Especially as Sutton just seems…wrong. And even scary. As Casey tries to uncover her sister’s secrets, she uncovers even more hidden truths that may just cost her everything she cares about. Lucinda Riley continues her Seven Sisters series with this, the third installment. Star is the quiet sister, the one who always lived in CeCe's shadow, letting her talk for her and make all of her decisions. But now everything has changed. Pa Salt is dead and Star needs to become her own person and figure out who she is. Third in Riley’s Seven Sisters series ( The Storm Sister, 2016, etc.) about adopted daughters in search of their ancestry.

I sensed a layer of frost descending, but I would not give in to her this time. “I’m going to bed. I have a really bad headache,” I said. BONUS: The author is a huge Taylor Swift fan and she left Easter eggs for Swifties throughout the story.

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As Star learns more of Flora's incredible journey, she too goes on a voyage of discovery, finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister and opening herself up to the possibility of love. But I just couldn’t . . . because whatever lay inside it would mean accepting that Pa had gone. And I wasn’t prepared to let him go yet.