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verityw 's review for:
The Other Daughter
by Lauren Willig
****Copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review*
I devoured this in less than 16 hours - and that included 9 hours sleep and a quick trip to the supermarket. Lauren Willig has woven a clever and intriguing story into the world of the Bright Young Things - and it really works. This has less romance than her Pink Carnation series - and it's more mystery than adventure - but it is so, so good.
Rachel is an engaging heroine - and it's easy to understand why she does what she does after her Big Discovery and her transformation - and evolution of thoughts is well done and believable.
I love the 1920s - I've read a lot of Waugh's novels and biographies of people of the period and watched films and documentaries and Willig has clearly done a lot of research - the real people of the period pop up and interact with the characters that she's created for the story.
My only complaint is that I wanted a bit more from the end (I can't say more without giving too much away about the plot) but that may be part of the point of the ending.
So. So. Good.
I devoured this in less than 16 hours - and that included 9 hours sleep and a quick trip to the supermarket. Lauren Willig has woven a clever and intriguing story into the world of the Bright Young Things - and it really works. This has less romance than her Pink Carnation series - and it's more mystery than adventure - but it is so, so good.
Rachel is an engaging heroine - and it's easy to understand why she does what she does after her Big Discovery and her transformation - and evolution of thoughts is well done and believable.
I love the 1920s - I've read a lot of Waugh's novels and biographies of people of the period and watched films and documentaries and Willig has clearly done a lot of research - the real people of the period pop up and interact with the characters that she's created for the story.
My only complaint is that I wanted a bit more from the end (I can't say more without giving too much away about the plot) but that may be part of the point of the ending.
So. So. Good.