When I began reading The Seven Sisters I had no idea it was to be part of a series.which is good.and bad. Not that any of his adult daughters know anything about the man, which they say many times as they try to process his sudden and mysterious death & burial at sea - come on, this has Days of Our Lives written all over it.īottom line-there's just so many good books out there to read that you don't want to waste your time on this one, it's a stinker. I guess since Brangelina made adopting from 3rd world countries chic that's what single white billionaires who live on an island in Switzerland do these days.

The mysterious father who adopted the 6 shallow and very annoying girls right down to the trusted live-in housekeeper with a heart of gold were right out of a bad soap opera. The characters are about as believable as the tooth fairy. I'd pick it up to read then put it down again over and over till finally I tossed it on the bedside table with a disgusted 'fugeddaboudit' that would've made my mother-in-law proud (she's from New Yawk). I guess I'm in the minority on this one because I hated it. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings.Įighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. 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. 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.

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley