anneinaz 's review for:

Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams

5.0

emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams was a complicated, but satisfying, romance taking place in three timelines: current day, thirty years earlier, and 1849 when a ship ran ashore in Norwich. There were implications for each of the earlier time periods on the current one; new generations. It is a compelling historical drama as well as a complicated modern romance. On the ship was a young woman running from an illicit love affair that ended in the death of her lover. She was to be charged. There was a policeman on board with a warrant. What happened next was not to be believed. In the current day, Audrey has brought her mother, Meredith “home” to continue her recovery. She had been sober for five weeks and it was imperative that she remain so until August, when she was scheduled to make a movie; a part that was perfect for her. Things got complicated as the past in revealed. 

The are all good characters, in their own ways: each looking for love and life. There were many obstacles, which is what make the story. I wonder how a book like this is written: the way we see it or as three separate novels that are then knitted together. There are unforeseen twists and turns that end in near tragedy too often. The plot was complex and engaging. The characters, all of them were colorful in their own individual ways. Williams always writes a novel worth reading and this one is not exception. It is full of human foibles and lack of communication, not to mention flat-out lies. Meredith made it to August with surprising results beyond leaving to make the movie. Audrey found love, with a man who deserved love. What more is there

I was invited to read Under the Stars by Raandom House Publishing House-Ballantine. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #Netgalley #RandomHousePublishingHouseBallantine #BeatrizWilliams #UderTheStars