Daughters of Castle Deverill

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This second book has me screaming for more. So many story lines weaving together, leaving the reader with great anticipation about what happens next. The main characters are all about to collide and I expect many fireworks in book three. Dit is het laatste deel van de trilogie die Santa heeft geschreven. Het speelt zich af tussen 1939 en 1953. Het is ondertussen een jaar geleden dat ik deel twee heb gelezen maar ik zat direct terug in het verhaal. De auteur steekt in de eerste hoofdstukken genoeg informatie zodat je onmiddellijk terug kunt volgen wat er is gebeurd. Aan personages ontbreekt het niet in dit deel en ook maken we kennis met nieuwe en boeiende karakters. Ik zou zoveel kunnen vertellen maar vanwege spoilergevaar is dit niet mogelijk. Bridie die nu gehuwd is met de flamboyante Cesare, graaf Di Marcantonio, is nu al een week in Ballinakelly. Haar grootmoeder komt te overlijden en haar broer Sean en zijn gezin trekken in het kasteel. Bridie heeft een zoontje en het zou voor hem ook leuk zijn om met zijn neefjes en nichtje op te trekken. Maar Bridie heeft het meeste verdriet om haar andere zoon. Bridie haatte Kitty, ze is verbitterd, heeft pijn en het geheim vreet aan haar. Haar echtgenoot eist dat er een zomerbal plaats vindt en Lady Rowan-Hampton is maar al te graag bereid om Bridie te helpen. Maar Grace kennende heeft zij ook weer een dubbele agenda! En is Bridie wel gelukkig nu ze het kasteel in haar bezit heeft? Verloochent ze niet haar afkomst? Me encanta que aquí todos los personajes son protagonistas , no hay duda que cada acto y consecuencia afecta la vida de todos, es como una telaraña bien tejida. We begin this sequel in 1939 with Martha Wallace who is coming from America to find her birth mother. Martha was adopted as an infant and went to America with her happy parents. What secrets she will discover.

Daughters of Castle Deverill: The Deverill Chronicles: Book 2 Daughters of Castle Deverill: The Deverill Chronicles: Book 2

El último secreto de los Deverill, es la conclusión de la triologia , una historia que tiene todo y que te deja sin nada , porque simplemente te roba el corazón. In 1998, she married Simon Sebag Montefiore the writer and historian in a Jewish wedding. They met through historian Andrew Roberts, who believed they were made for each other, given that of all the people he knew, they were the only two that could recite the Evita by heart. Santa Montefiore believes that they complete each other even as they are so different. Simon is more of a philosophical man with no interest for the outdoors, while Santa has always been enchanted by the outdoors and never saw herself settling with a man who could not even contemplate skiing. They now write from the same house with Santa on the top floor and Simon on the ground floor. Just like his wife, Simon is a critically acclaimed writer with his historical novels such as Jerusalem, Young Stalin, and the Court of Red Star receiving some of the highest accolades in the literary world. Besides being the sister to the socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, the couple is also fast friends with the Queen of Netherlands Maxima, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall and the Prince of Wales. Montefiore lives in London with her husband and two children, Sasha and Lily, but the family also frequents a cottage in the Hampshire countryside where she grew up. Her house, which features on many of her novels, is a seventeenth century farmhouse with lovely ancient bluebell trees and stunning gardens that burst into a blaze of color during spring.

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When I read The Girl in the Castle I didn't know it was book one in a trilogy. That story ended well and didn't leave you hanging. Maybe one little mystery at the end but otherwise, it could have been a stand alone novel. It was quite a treat to find two more books were planned as I very much enjoyed the characters and plot.

Daughters of Castle Deverill: Family secrets and enduring

Sin dejar a lado el lado místico de la triologia, se retoman los personajes de Maggie O'Leary y de Barton Deverill, así como en la maldición que ella misma lanzó a esta familia. Like I said before, there is definitely a soap opera quality to the book as there is a lot of sleeping around, secrets, illegitimate children, love, betrayal, murder, etc. which make it an entertaining read. And when you add in an Irish castle as a setting, well how could I not love that? The story does bounce around quite a bit from character to character but for me the heart of the book was the story lines of JP and Martha. Definitely recommend especially if you are a fan of fiction from this time period and setting. I just loved this series, but could not continue as my library was closed do to COVID 19. I found that I could borrow an audio copy of this wonderful book from Overdrive. I have never read a audiobook and had no desire to do so. The prose is polished and rich. The characters are flawed, driven, eccentric, and alluring. And the exceptionally compelling, well-paced plot is filled with familial dynamics, drama, emotion, self-discovery, secrets, revelations, love, loss, heartbreak, courage, duty, and passion all surrounded by authentic historical events of the time. The Daughters of Castle Deverill is the perfect weekend read, it truly is pure escapism. The sweeping nature of the novel and the grandness in scale, makes it a wonderful romantic saga to get lost in. I have read a number of Santa Montefiore books in the past and I have enjoyed each and every one of them. I do like the direction Montefiore has taken with her Deverill series. She has seeped her series deep in rich Irish history, she delivers a strong sense of place and presents the reader with a rich cast of main, as well as supporting characters. I was sorry to reach the end of The Daughters of Castle Deverill, as I now have to wait for the third and final chapter in the series. I am hoping the open ending and unanswered questions that I had after closing the second book will be resolved by Montefiore in the next book.

The second book in the #1 international bestselling series about the powerful ties between three women and their determination to return home. Sometimes second books can stand alone–this one, however, cannot. And there is no indication on the cover that this is part of a trilogy, so I have a feeling a lot of readers are going to end up confused like I was. Once I got into the book and kind of figured out what was going on, it was fine. The story started moving, and the pieces started making sense together–I still felt like I was playing catch up the whole time, though. This is Santa Montefiore at her best - an enchanting read overflowing with deliciously poignant moments. If you love a heartfelt, epic trilogy this is for you. I loved it and can't wait for more' -- Dinah Jefferies, author of The Tea Planter's Wife, on Songs of Love and War It is 1925 and Castle Deverill has burned to the ground. War and deception have divided the daughters of Ireland, but Celia vows to return her ancestral home to its former glory. Kitty raises a young family but longs for something more, and Bridie flourishes as a New York socialite consumed by revenge. Celia works to reunite her childhood friends and restore the place they once called home, but soon everything she knows is cast into doubt as the Great Depression looms.