But as Lou is swept into their dazzling world of moonlit parties, unrivalled glamour and whispered secrets, can she stay true to her self - and her heart? Readers who are not ready for the classics may find a satisfying escape in Lou’s journey, and perhaps inspiration to check out the originals. Charlotte fuit une mère toxique, Thomas s'échappe d'un deuil encore trop douloureux, Matthieu rejette un foyer déchiré.

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Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. With the arrival of the owners of the empty house, the famous Cardew family, Louisa takes her first invited steps, not just across to the old house, but into the discovery of romance and the glittering world of the wealthy. A gorgeously dreamy coming-of-age romance perfect for fans of A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. In the Autumn of 1931, eighteen-year-old Freya Trevelyan runs away from her home in Cornwall to follow her dream of becoming an actress.LW: Yeah although I think it’s really nice how into the clothes everyone gets about it like I think everyone really… it’s such a special period for fashion and everyone really likes it. Furthermore, the author doesn’t seem aware within the story that Europe just got out of the most devastating war to date and is on the cusp of another. And when the owners arrive for the summer – a handsome, dashing brother and sister – Lou is quite swept off her feet and into a world of moonlit cocktail parties and glamour beyond her wildest dreams. Beneath the sparkle, Lou senses the orphaned, noble Cardews’ dysfunction, though concrete facts are tantalizingly mysterious.

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In terms of characters, there isn’t really a single character which you’ll dislike throughout the whole book. First of all, this was set in Cornwall, and the author had to do a lot of legwork to get the very American Roaring 20s into a sleepy Cornish town.

The post-war generation is caught perfectly, the period detail was pitch perfect, and that made it so easy to be drawn onto Lou’s life.

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It made incandescently happy and kinda smiley, which was odd because I'm normally a massive moody cloud. Everyone tells her that she’ll be next but she realises that she wants something different for herself.For fans of the extravagant world of The Great Gatsby and the longing, angst filled historical romances of Pride and Prejudice and Bridgerton, this YA novel blew me away, made me fall in love with the Cardew siblings myself, and left me smiling, giggling, and wishing I could stay in this world forever. Es un libro que he disfrutado, pero en este caso, he echado en falta más páginas, puesto que la ambientación tan guay lo pedía a gritos, leería el doble acerca de esta época! The Golden Age time period of A Sky Painted Gold was just one of many things that I really enjoyed about this book. That’s it just do it that’s the best advice but I mean it’s really true like the hardest thing is just knuckling down and getting the work done.