A review by jessreadthis
The Daughters of Ireland by Santa Montefiore

1.0

I was pulled in by a pretty cover and few positive reviews on IG/GR. I slugged through this one and even finished. Then realized I'd lost some hours of my life over a book that reads like an Irish telenovela. So much angst over love, unrequited love, adulterous love, jealousy over misunderstandings that could easily be cleared up with a conversation, shady business dealings involving South African diamonds, and half hearted revenge plots x 2. I just found it to be lacking in substance. The characters were so shallow I honestly didn't care what happened to them in the end. Which is good; because she sets up for an equally soap opera-esque follow up book involving twins. I won't say more.

One positive note. This can be read as a stand alone. This was a second book in a trilogy and I had no idea. So if how I described it may be something you'd like to try or do like; read without worrying you had to start with book one.