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Rating Clarification: 2.75 StarsThis is a hard review to compose, because all my GR friends know how much I love Susanna Kearsley's books.Let me reiterate:I.Love.Susanna.Kearsley's.Books.They make me smile.They make me cry.They (sometimes) make me gasp in surprise over her clever plot twists.They educate me on less known periods of history.They allow the romantic in me to squee over the characters and their struggles, and cheer these fictional people on.They even allow the cynic in me to swallow...
Step 1. Read The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley.Step 2. Read The Firebird.Step 3. Squeal with delight. I was so happy to find out this is the rest of Anna's story. I'm properly addicted to her books now.
Initial thoughts on finishing, May 11th: *sigh* Susanna Kearsley is one hell of a storyteller. I'm honestly not sure what my final rating for this one will be - 4, 4.5, or 5. On a purely emotional level, it would be 5 stars. I bawled like a baby (happy tears) through the last 30 pages or so, and I really connected with the story and characters emotionally after having just recently read and loved The Winter Sea. BUT looking at it from a more critical point of view as a blogger/reviewer, it wasn'...
Past and present mingle deliciously in the newest novel from Susanna Kearsley, whose “time-slip” novels such as Mariana, The Winter Sea, and The Rose Garden have amassed quite a devoted following. Her books tend to blend a modern-day storyline with a gripping historical thread, to create a whole that’s emotional, dramatic, and always steeped in meticulously researched historical detail.In The Firebird, we open with main character Nicola Marter, a specialist in Russian art and artifacts with a ve...
The Firebird is a small wooden objet D'art that Nicola Marten has come across in her line of work. Brought to her for appraisal, its owner is hoping it is valuable so she can sell it and take a cruise. When Nicola touches it, there are flashes of historical memory that lead her to believe it came from the Empress Catherine of Russia. She is unsure of her gift for seeing the past, so she enlists the help of her friend (an former love) whose gift she believes is stronger and more reliable than he
It does stand to mention that although this book continues with characters from earlier works,The Winter Sea and The Shadowy Horses The Firebird can easily be read as a stand alone. You don't necessarily need to read them in any order. UPDATE 02 May 2013Yes, a real review, HUZZAH! I couldnt put this down. Love, love, love. Fantastic. Beautiful. Everything I anticipated. I first started reading Susanna Kearsley after I found Gabaldon's Outlander series. GR recommended similar books and Ke...
“It just seemed a thing worth following, your Firebird.”How to recap the plot when the book description does it so nicely? I'm going to take the lazy way out and bypass that and just talk about the reading experience. The Firebird is a sequel to The Winter Sea, and while it could stand alone, I strongly urge that TWS be read first. Fans of Kearsley are familiar with her dual time storylines, and the paranormal elements she incorporates to take the contemporary characters into the past. In this c...
"I'm no feart." Wow.. I loved this. Almost as much as the first one. I think I am completely sold on Kearsley's writing. It doesn't hurt that I am also in love with Scotland, and a wee bit of a Jacobite myself. These stories are very romantically written. They include a good bit of history in them as well. And honestly, the things people sacrificed for the love and protection of their king and country just leaves me speechless.The actual romances, for which there were several going on
THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD. 😭😭😭So much pain. But also good. ANNA. 😭
Oh my heart I do love this series! I need more Susanna Kearsley books in my life!!!
I think I can safely say that Susanna Kearsley is now my favourite author. This book is the sequel to The Winter Sea, but also features a character who was introduced in The Shadowy Horses so I'd recommend reading both to get the best reading experience. I LOVED this story.This book follows Nicola, a woman from London with a rare gift. When she touches objects she can, with varying success, see their history. When she meets a woman trying to sell a wooden carving called The Firebird, claiming it...
This was probably more of a 2.5/3 for me. Susanna Kearsley writes compelling characters, and her stories have a certain charm, a lightness that seems to guarantee a happy ending. Maybe it's because I've read so many of her books within the last year, but I found this one formulaic. I liked both storylines, but I'm not really sure they needed each other. I found myself wishing that Kearsley would abandon her signature framing device and separate the stories rather than forcing them together in a
