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The Riviera House by Natasha Lester
3.0
Rating 3.5
Paris 1939. The Nazis are stealing valuable art collections and they are unaware that Éliane is decoding, taking notes and smuggling information to the Resistance. By doing this, she is putting everybody around her including herself in danger. While Present Day, Remy is still recovering from a tragedy, she inherits a mysterious house in the Riviera and busies herself with her vintage fashion business. When she discovers a catalog of artworks stolen during WW2, she sees a painting in the catalog that is the same one hanging in her bedroom. She wonders if and how her family is connected to the mysterious painting.
Though the story tells a different angle in WW2, one that is well-researched, important and fascinating, I think I have my fair share of reading WW2 stories and it somehow sound and look all the same to me. I kind of predicted where the story is leading with its past and present day timelines. Though the author writes well and is a good story teller, I find this bit long and can probably be shorten a bit.
I prefer the story of Éliane in 1939, which I think for me in most stories with past and present timelines, I prefer the past stories as they get more details and in-depth as far as story goes. Élaian story is more interesting and exciting and I wish there are more details on her story towards the end. When it comes to Remy’s, I am not as fascinated with her story and I feel her story is more of a romance and the fact that she is reeling from a tragedy, she falls in love too easily.
I love historical fiction, it’s one of the genre I love after mystery/suspense but I think I will pause my reading into WW2 European setting and delve into other historical fictions.
Paris 1939. The Nazis are stealing valuable art collections and they are unaware that Éliane is decoding, taking notes and smuggling information to the Resistance. By doing this, she is putting everybody around her including herself in danger. While Present Day, Remy is still recovering from a tragedy, she inherits a mysterious house in the Riviera and busies herself with her vintage fashion business. When she discovers a catalog of artworks stolen during WW2, she sees a painting in the catalog that is the same one hanging in her bedroom. She wonders if and how her family is connected to the mysterious painting.
Though the story tells a different angle in WW2, one that is well-researched, important and fascinating, I think I have my fair share of reading WW2 stories and it somehow sound and look all the same to me. I kind of predicted where the story is leading with its past and present day timelines. Though the author writes well and is a good story teller, I find this bit long and can probably be shorten a bit.
I prefer the story of Éliane in 1939, which I think for me in most stories with past and present timelines, I prefer the past stories as they get more details and in-depth as far as story goes. Élaian story is more interesting and exciting and I wish there are more details on her story towards the end. When it comes to Remy’s, I am not as fascinated with her story and I feel her story is more of a romance and the fact that she is reeling from a tragedy, she falls in love too easily.
I love historical fiction, it’s one of the genre I love after mystery/suspense but I think I will pause my reading into WW2 European setting and delve into other historical fictions.