Publisher: Blue Box Press
Published: May 27, 2021
Source: Netgalley via Social Butter PR
Summary:
The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister?
They only have one clue – an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search to find the missing sister will take them across the globe; from New Zealand to Canada, England, France and Ireland, uniting them all in their mission to at last complete their family.
In doing so, they will slowly unearth a story of love, strength and sacrifice that began almost one hundred years ago, as other brave young women risk everything to change the world around them.
The Missing Sister is the seventh instalment in Lucinda Riley’s multimillion copy epic series.
Discover yourself at the heart of history.
My thoughts:
Without a doubt, this series is going down as one of my favorites! This latest book, The Missing Sister, is installment 7 in the series, and I find that with each subsequent book, I have fallen more in love with not only the D’Apliese family, but also with Lucinda’s writing. It is so magical and just pulls you into the story so that you just don’t want to put it down until you have reached the last page – and let me say with a book that comes in at 800 pages, that’s saying something when you don’t want to put it down! It’s amazing just how brilliant this series is and I can already tell it’s going to be one that I will be rereading in the future!
I loved that way this book was set up – first allowing us to catch up with the six sisters we have already met along the way, and getting a status update if you will on their relationships and then moving forward with the search for who this missing sister is. I loved that so many familiar, beloved characters were part of this story.
One of my favorite aspects of this series to date, and what remained such a strong part of this book as well, has been the cultural education I feel I get when reading these books. This time, I loved learning about the history of the Ireland back in the 1920s. I had recently read another book that dealt with the fighting in Ireland in the 1990s, so it was interesting to get an earlier account of the fighting that went on, back when Ireland first began advocating for their independence from the British. The use of the journal found in the present to bridge the gap to the past was such an excellent way to move the story back and forth in time. I’m always a fan of the dual narrative and I love the clever ways that this author has come up with to make her stories move back and forth with ease.
This book consumed me from the moment I opened it until I finished the last page. And that’s pretty much how it’s been with every book in this series. I cannot think of another series that I have found so all-consuming and engaging as this one. While we don’t get all the answers that we thought we would in this book – yes…this is not the final book (and I am not spoiling anything as Lucinda herself made this announcement back at the end of April), there is a slight possibility that it very well might be the last book as unfortunately our beloved Lucinda Riley passed away last week. To say I am devastated is an understatement. I have loved each and every book I have read by her and she will remain on of my favorite authors. Whether we get that final book, which I hope we do, or not, this series will always be a cherished favorite and I do hope if you haven’t read it, and you are a fan of family sagas and historical fiction, that you will pick it up. Or give one of her other books a go – she truly was a gifted author. Rest easy, Lucinda Riley.
Books in this series:
- The Seven Sisters
- The Storm Sister
- The Shadow Sister
- The Pearl Sister
- The Moon Sister
- The Sun Sister
- The Missing Sister
- Atlas – The Story of Pa Salt – due out 2022 ???
