The Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters Series #1
by
Lucinda Riley

Summary

Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings.

Eighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.

In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before.
-Goodreads

Published 2014. 400 pages.

My Thoughts

I had heard of the popularity of Lucinda Riley but had never read any of her books until recently when I read The Murders at Fleat House, I loved that book and googled the author and found that though she had written many books, this was her first crime novel. I was then drawn to The Seven Sisters, but I’m not sure of the reason. It was just a title that I picked out of many.

I was immediately hooked from the first page, and had trouble putting the book down. The clue that the adoptive father of the girls left to be opened after his death, intrigued me. That clue would lead them to find their birth families if they wished to do so. I couldn’t help wondering what I would have done in that situation. Would I follow that clue, or be happy to ignore itand continue to live the fabulous life that I had been living.

The Seven Sisters after setting up the clues, was about the oldest sister. The journey she took, following the clues took her to an unexpected place and led to experiences that she couldn’t have imagined.

The Seven Sisters is historical fiction, family saga and romance. The first in the Seven Sisters series of seven books. The smallest of these books is about 500 pages and the longest over 1100 pages. To read the series is a huge time commitment, which would usually put me off a series. However, not this series. Even though I could read the next books in the series right away, I plan to space them out a little, so I can enjoy them in my mind for longer.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The books mentioned in this post are of my own choice and have not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

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