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I'm so glad the days of the sweeping generational saga are back. Downton Abbey and Kate Morton both deserve credit for this, imho, and I couldn't be more pleased; my personal reading tastes have become fashionable at last!The Ashford Affair is a departure for Lauren Willig in some ways but not in others. While leaving Napoleonic spies behind, she incorporates the same smart dialogue and multiple-time format in her newest book, which follows the lives of two women over 70 years apart who are link...
Really, there should be a half star selection here, as I would have rated it 2.5, simply for Ms Willig's writing style. I picked this up from the library, where I had been on the waiting list for the release, so that should tell you that I anticipated this novel, it wasn't a spur of the moment selection.I have ready and enjoyed the Pink Carnation series, for the lighthearted but entertaining novels they are. I was hoping for a deeper, and possibly darker, tale in The Ashford Affair. I was truthf...
The Ashford Affair is a St Martin's Press publication. The book is scheduled for an April 2013 release.Our story bounces back and forth between 1999 New York and 1926 Kenya. There is a backstory that begins in 1906 when Addie is sent to live with her Uncle Charles and Aunt Vera in London after the death of her parents. Addie grows up alongside her cousin Bea. The two of them are very close, like sisters. Bea is a beautiful debutante and Addie is just her poor relation cousin, so their lives will...
I receiced a free ARC through Goodreads and St. Martin's Press. Thanks!I've never read anything by Lauren Willig, so I wasn't sure what to expect. By chapter two, I had at least decided that her writing style is excellent. By chapter three, I was fully engaged in both stories & couldn't wait to see how they tied together. My favorite part was the early 1900's story with Bea and Addie. Bea was such a spoiled princess. Right away I knew that I was rooting for Addie. This novel was obviously well r...
This book is a sweeping, multi generational story spanning over 100 years and across the continent. The story is extremely well told, in chapters that go back and forth in time from the early 1900’s to the late 1990’s; from London’s British society to the hot, dry, red dirt hills of Kenya to the shimmering skyline of New York. The main character, whom the story basically surrounds itself, is Granny Addie who is 99 years old who has quite a few secrets of her own. She is the family’s matriarch an...
Loved, loved, loved! The dual time line worked beautifully.. I enjoyed the characters and the bit of mystery involved… Great story to get lost in.
THE ASHFORD AFFAIRLauren WilligI didn’t think I’d ever find a down side to being an obsessive reader, but I’m afraid I’ve found that slippery slope. There have been so many wonderful books written about a lost letter, a forgotten diary or a buried family secret, I am becoming a little jaded, and having trouble really becoming engaged. Despite this lack on my part, I have to say this is a very good book.THE ASHFORD AFFAIR is a departure from Ms. Willigs Pink Carnation Series, and a standalone nov...
I loved this book! A family saga that I just wanted to devour. I thought Lauren Willig did such a great job weaving together the story that went from 1920's England, to Kenya, to 2000's New York. I got so wrapped up in these characters lives that I hated being interrupted. Through all the family secrets and lies, it was a family that was loved and ended up where they needed to be. Sometimes a family isn't always as simple as black and white. And sometimes going left rather than right all the tim...
Full disclosure here, because Lauren is a friend of mine and I love her writing and her books, but I honestly think she outdid herself in The Ashford Affair. Highly recommended.
Sadly, this wasn't the book for me. It was just good enough to finish reading at night when I was tired from work but not ready to go to bed. Admittedly, I had high hopes when it was described as Out of Africa meets Downton Abbey, and really, it reminded me of neither. The story weaves back & forth between Addie in the 1920s in England and Kenya (though precious little of Kenya), who is a cast-off cousin of a wealthy aristocratic family, and Clementine (called Clemmie, which is a name that gross...
More like "Out of Africa" meets "Harlequin Presents". I enjoyed it, but there were mechanical issues with the book that prevented me from giving it more than 3 stars. 1) The timing was off. There were places where things just seemed to drag and other spots where I couldn't stop turning the pages.2) Morally bankrupt cast of characters; one dimensional and a bit predictable.
Knowledge can be a double-edged sword. You need to decide whether it’s worth cutting yourself on it… Absorbing and captivating three-generational journey from pre- and post-WWI England to Kenya of the 1920s to America in the 1970s and 1990s.The narrative masterfully navigates through different timelines, places and points of view, bringing layer after layer to the story, to its characters and their motivations. In a hand of a less skilled author, this constant switching of times, plac
