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A review by abby_reading
The Forgotten Sister by Nicola Cornick
3.0
An enjoyable read, telling the real life stories surrounding the death of Amy Robsart, wife of Queen Elizabeth I’s favourite courtier, Robert Dudley. Then there is a parallel story of modern day counterparts, cleverly named and characterised to reflect the characters from the past. We have Lizzie Kingdom, a flame haired, clean cut celebrity and Dudley Lester, childhood friend of Lizzie and rather an unlikeable character, married to Millie (Amelia) Robsart, who dies in mysterious circumstances.
Throughout the modern day story, history repeats like an echo from the past, though it is not clear throughout whether our present day characters are descendants, ghosts, coincidental players.
I liked the idea of objects and buildings being able to ‘inherit’ memory from events, which allows the present day characters to glimpse details from the past, tying the two stories together. There are also other paranormal elements to the story, which add interest.
I felt that the story didn’t really pick up the pace until almost halfway through, I would have been hooked earlier on, although I’m quite familiar with the story of Amy Robsart so didn’t need so much scene setting. The historical chapters were an absolute pleasure to read and it was interesting to read present day parallels.
Thank you to HQ for sending me an advance copy to read and I look forward to reading more titles.
Throughout the modern day story, history repeats like an echo from the past, though it is not clear throughout whether our present day characters are descendants, ghosts, coincidental players.
I liked the idea of objects and buildings being able to ‘inherit’ memory from events, which allows the present day characters to glimpse details from the past, tying the two stories together. There are also other paranormal elements to the story, which add interest.
I felt that the story didn’t really pick up the pace until almost halfway through, I would have been hooked earlier on, although I’m quite familiar with the story of Amy Robsart so didn’t need so much scene setting. The historical chapters were an absolute pleasure to read and it was interesting to read present day parallels.
Thank you to HQ for sending me an advance copy to read and I look forward to reading more titles.