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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
"The world still has its masterpieces. But how many people know what it cost to save them." Elaine's cost was high and made for a great historical fiction read. Remy's story from years in the future was also endearing. These two women are determined to persevere when they are stripped of everything important in their lives either by war or tragedy.
emotional
mysterious
sad
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Natasha brings such elegance to these WWII novels, and this one is just as good as the others. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one. Another dual storyline, with focus of some resistance fighters during WWII, and decades later a mystery of family heritage and a painting needs to be solved, and the two connect once the codes are figured out.
War seems to have appeared overnight in Paris, and Élaine is tasked with helping catalog the art collection at the Jeu de Paume and soon she realizes what is really going on here. The Nazi’s, the cataloguing and the special visitors that they have to occasionally prepare last minute for. She falls into her role as a different Élaine at the museum and waitress at night to then serve and listen in on the German conversations. She has her own secrets she is keeping as well, and had to be very careful in playing these roles.
Remy in 2015 has retreated to a house on the Riviera, her adopted mother told her to take some time and get away. She has lost everything and needs to find herself again, although she is not sure that is possible. With her husband and daughter now gone, she doesn’t have anything to live for- how can she just move on. And yet this house, this place is a mystery that is unknown to them. Her adopted mother said paperwork came with Remy that this place was to be given to her when she need it most, and that is now.
Stumbling upon an art catalog she realizes that she has a painting very similar to this one in this book. But how is that possible, if this art is one that was taken by the Nazi’s, how did one very similar end up hanging above her bed for as long as she can remember. That painting has always been in her life, and that artists appears to have done another very similar one, but who are they how does she have a potentially lost piece of stolen Nazi art….
Thank you to Forever Publishing for sending me a copy of this novel, I could not wait to read it. Every time I read one of these novels, I learn something else that happened during the war that I had no idea about.
War seems to have appeared overnight in Paris, and Élaine is tasked with helping catalog the art collection at the Jeu de Paume and soon she realizes what is really going on here. The Nazi’s, the cataloguing and the special visitors that they have to occasionally prepare last minute for. She falls into her role as a different Élaine at the museum and waitress at night to then serve and listen in on the German conversations. She has her own secrets she is keeping as well, and had to be very careful in playing these roles.
Remy in 2015 has retreated to a house on the Riviera, her adopted mother told her to take some time and get away. She has lost everything and needs to find herself again, although she is not sure that is possible. With her husband and daughter now gone, she doesn’t have anything to live for- how can she just move on. And yet this house, this place is a mystery that is unknown to them. Her adopted mother said paperwork came with Remy that this place was to be given to her when she need it most, and that is now.
Stumbling upon an art catalog she realizes that she has a painting very similar to this one in this book. But how is that possible, if this art is one that was taken by the Nazi’s, how did one very similar end up hanging above her bed for as long as she can remember. That painting has always been in her life, and that artists appears to have done another very similar one, but who are they how does she have a potentially lost piece of stolen Nazi art….
Thank you to Forever Publishing for sending me a copy of this novel, I could not wait to read it. Every time I read one of these novels, I learn something else that happened during the war that I had no idea about.
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Tedious and predictable. The two protagonists are both irritating - one because she is a bit daft, and the second because her whole story is a soap opera.
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is two separate stories that come together to make one story. I was just getting invested in story one when I was yanked into story two. Unfortunately, I did not like story two as much as story one. I stuck with it although I found it intolerable (a guy lets his brother use his sperm to have a kid, and then regrets it. Really?) and then again I am pulled back into story one. It took me one day to read this book as I kept hoping that it would get better; I was waiting for anything to happen. The first book was a lot of build up, heart pounding, but not earth shattering. The twist in story one was seen a mile away - it could have been done more creatively. The second story was predictable, cheesy, and just blah. Story one ends on a sad note, story two is like a bad romance novel, and the book is done. I was hoping for more from this book, and think if the author had stuck with the one storyline that I would have enjoyed it more and would have given it a higher rating. I was disappointed.