I have been looking forward this 7th book in Lucinda Riley’s Seven Sisters series since the series began with a lot of build up surrounding the mystery behind the ‘missing’ sister. I had high hopes, unfortunately, I’ve ended up very disappointed. I found The Missing Sister enjoyable and lovely. There has always been a certain suspension of disbelief for me when I read these books -- the premise shouldn't work in a way, but I think Lucinda Riley pulled it off. The magical childhood of the girls, and then their bustling adulthoods, linking with the story of a compelling ancestor doesn't always feel realistic in one sense, yet I am able to buy into it each time. I liked all of the six sisters, some a little more than others (Star and Tiggy were my favourites from the start and remained so over the series- and to my surprise, CeCe won me over completely when I reached her book and is perhaps the sister I love most of all. All in all, a bit of a disappointment if you have been following the series, and I imagine extremely confusing if you haven't. Beyond that, some of the writing could be better. Some dialogue is stilted, some things are obviously placed solely as information for people who haven't read the previous books, and some things are fairly repetitive.

Ciara McDonnell (11 June 2021). "Lucinda Riley, author of the Seven Sisters series and ex West Cork resident, dies". Irish Examiner.It read like she wrote a fanfiction of her own book. Almost every noun had an adjective and at certain points I was rolling my eyes about it. Her acting career was interrupted by a long bout of mononucleosis. This caused her to turn to writing, and her first novel Lovers and Players was published in 1992. [3] As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can almost forget the terrors of his past, or the promise he has vowed to keep. But across Europe an evil is rising, and no-one’s safety is certain. In his heart, he knows the time will come where he must flee once more.

Lucinda Edmonds was born in Lisburn [1] and spent the first few years of her life in the village of Drumbeg near Belfast before moving to England. [3] At age 14, she enrolled in the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London to study theatre and ballet. At 16, she got her first major television role in the BBC adaptation of The Story of the Treasure Seekers, followed shortly afterwards by a guest role in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. She remained a working actress for the next seven years. [4]Arrebatador y fascinante este séptimo libro de la saga, colmado de sorpresas que no esperaba, esta relatado con cuantiosos toques de inocencia, dulzura y magia, para mí siempre es como leer muchas historias dentro de una.

Riley is survived by Stephen, their two children, Leonora and Kit, the two children of her first marriage, Harry and Bella, and three stepchildren, Olivia, William and Max, as well as her mother and her sister, Georgia. The sad all time low arrives when she lets one -still breastfeeding- sister ask the other -recently pregnant- sister if she would join her in a glass of armagnac. That’s heavy stuff mind! I loved that way this book was set up – first allowing us to catch up with the six sisters we have already met along the way, and getting a status update if you will on their relationships and then moving forward with the search for who this missing sister is. I loved that so many familiar, beloved characters were part of this story. In 2019, Riley revealed to Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang that she had oesophageal cancer. [6] She continued to work, producing five novels during the four years of her illness, but was unable to complete the planned final eighth novel in her Seven Sisters series before her death on 11 June 2021. [7] [1] [2] After her death, her son, Harry Whittaker, completed the final book, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, which was posthumously released in May 2023. [8]The six D'Apliese sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister? Lange musste ich auf den siebten Band warten, um endlich herauszufinden wer die unbekannte siebte Schwester ist. Nachdem nun neue Hinweise auf die verschwundene Schwester Merope aufgetaucht sind, machen sich die Schwestern gemeinsam auf die Suche und lässt den Leser einmal rund um die Welt reisen. Qué niño más bueno —dijo Ambrose—. Y con ese pelo moreno como su papá. —Yo esperaba que fuese rubio como yo, para no ser la única de la familia —comentó ella—. Katie dice que es porque soy la hermana más pequeña. A Dios se le acabó el color, y por eso tengo el pelo tan claro. Then, as Lucinda Riley, her career as an author soared. Alongside the Seven Sisters series, she wrote novels such as Hothouse Flower (2010, also titled The Orchid House), The Girl on the Cliff (2011), The Midnight Rose (2013), The Angel Tree (2014) and The Butterfly Room (2019). Her total sales worldwide were 33m. Eigenlijk begon het al slecht. In de eerdere delen kreeg je steeds in het eerste stukje heden al een dergelijke hoeveelheid informatie/puzzelstukjes, dat je al een connectie met het personage hebt, en het stuk in het verleden daardoor al interessant is. In dit boek, wist ik toen nog helemaal niets, dus het stond nog erg los van elkaar.

a b c d Stephanie Bell, How Ulster-born author Lucinda Riley, who vowed to shun Hollywood, became the toast of LA after signing huge deal to film her novels for TV, Belfast Telegraph, 14 July 2016

The Seven Sisters books in order

Het voelde heel vlak aan, ik vond dit boek in niets lijken op de vorige boeken. Met het nieuws van het overlijden van Lucinda Riley, doet het me vermoeden dat hier misschien al wel een ghostwriter aan het werk is geweest... Women need a partner to be happy, right? It doesn't matter Merry has two healthy children, a succesful business, inner peace now Bobby is no longer a threat and reconnected in only positive ways with her siblings. No, girl needs a man. The original announcement came ahead of the release of the seventh book in the series, The Missing Sister. The Seven Sisters series is drawn to its epic, unforgettable conclusion in Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt. The Seven Sisters (2014), a story taking Maia D’Aplièse from Lake Geneva to Rio de Janeiro, was followed by The Storm Sister (2015), embracing historical Norwegian figures such as Edvard Grieg and Henrik Ibsen. Then – with settings ranging from the Beatrix Potter-era Lake District, London Edwardian society and the Scottish Highlands, to Thailand, Australia, Spain, South America, New York and Kenya – came The Shadow Sister (2016), The Pearl Sister (2017), The Moon Sister (2018) and The Sun Sister (2019).