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A review by lainibop
The Devil You Know by Louise Bagshawe
4.0
This was my second Louise Bagshawe novel to read, the first being Tall Poppies which I really enjoyed.
I like the way she weaves her stories and her character to interconnect without them ever knowing. In this, triplets are separated after their parents are murderered by their treacherous uncle who wishes to take over the family fortune. He saves them as the last dying wish of their mother but sends them to different parts of the world to be adopted. Rose was sent to New York,adopted by Deli owners, Daysie to England where her parents sent her to boarding school and Poppy sent to LA living with a very rich family.
The Novel follows their lives from school to their mid twenties, their struggles and successes.
One fault I have which is that Bagshawe's stories always follow the same format. Girl wants success, but something stands in her way, meanwhile there is another girl(or 2) in the backround facing similar struggles, but these girls are very different, probably wouldn't get on if they met, but there is something that ties them together. So far it is a format which is working for her, but I'm not sure if I was to read another novel, if I could bear knowing more or less what is going to happen. But I'd be willing to give it a go!!
I like the way she weaves her stories and her character to interconnect without them ever knowing. In this, triplets are separated after their parents are murderered by their treacherous uncle who wishes to take over the family fortune. He saves them as the last dying wish of their mother but sends them to different parts of the world to be adopted. Rose was sent to New York,adopted by Deli owners, Daysie to England where her parents sent her to boarding school and Poppy sent to LA living with a very rich family.
The Novel follows their lives from school to their mid twenties, their struggles and successes.
One fault I have which is that Bagshawe's stories always follow the same format. Girl wants success, but something stands in her way, meanwhile there is another girl(or 2) in the backround facing similar struggles, but these girls are very different, probably wouldn't get on if they met, but there is something that ties them together. So far it is a format which is working for her, but I'm not sure if I was to read another novel, if I could bear knowing more or less what is going to happen. But I'd be willing to give it a go!!