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The Lost Sister of Fifth Avenue (Daughters of New York #4)

by Ella Carey (Goodreads Author)

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Lisa said: " This book is a dual timeline book switching between WW1 France with the parents story, WW2 France with one sisters story and in WW2 America with the other sisters story. It was a brilliant insight into how it was in different countries during the war This book is a dual timeline book switching between WW1 France with the parents story, WW2 France with one sisters story and in WW2 America with the other sisters story. It was a brilliant insight into how it was in different countries during the war and how it affected everyone. We follow the girls as the war breaks out, Hitlers Nazis advance on France and multiple people come together to help in the resistance and protecting their Jewish friends/family from persecution.

I enjoyed lots about this story. It was written well with lots of descriptive words to make it easy to picture the scenes. My favourite character is Charlotte. I feel a connection with her due to her fiery nature and family fuelled heart and her courage and determination during the time is such an inspiration. I had so many questions at the start of the book and was really hoping they’d all be answered. They were and with incredible emotion! I cried so many times reading her part of the story. I had times in the book where I just couldn’t put it down and others when I had tears flowing through a chapter. I love books like this because even though it wasn’t what I was expecting at the start it fitted perfectly. It was really interesting seeing the war from a French/American perspective as I usually read from a German/British perspective. I also adored the two girls finding love during the war in their own special ways plus finding out about how Chloe and Laurence (their parents) met and got together.

I did have a few niggles that I wasn’t so keen on. I did find the timeline swapping a bit confusing at times. Suddenly switching from a deep WW2 chapter back to Chloe in WW1. I had to stop for a few mins and get my head back into the book. Also the main two focuses I would say are books on Martha’s side and Art on Charlottes side. I don’t know much about Art at all and had never thought about the artists especially Jewish ones and how they survived the war. It was interested to read but also lost me a few times as Art really isn’t my specialist subject! Chloe’s perspective also really confused me until about 60% of the way through the story until I suddenly understood the importance and had to go back and reread the chapters that explained her story to make sure I hadn’t missed anything. It’s a massive part of the story so definitely read those parts carefully and get a full perspective on how they got to where they did and what happened.

Overall, I did really enjoy this story, it was interesting reading from this perspective and seeing how France changed throughout the war and how fast things changed. It’s a brilliant story for anyone who’s interested in the wars, art, historical fiction. I enjoyed it and ended the story with tears but it was written so beautifully. I actually have a few other books by this author on my TBR and I can’t wait to get started!

I’d like to thank Ella Carey, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this copy to read and review. It is available to preorder on Amazon now and comes out tomorrow (Thursday 7th) so not long to wait! ...more "

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