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Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy. I voluntarily reviewed this book. All opinions expressed are my own. The House By The Sea By: Santa Montefiore *REVIEW* 🌟🌟🌟I am new to the author, and I anticipated to like The House By The Sea much more than I actually did. Told in dual timelines, the past and present connection seemed disconnected for a lot of the book. Granted, there are good touching moments about redemption, love and lose that encompasse us as people, but overall, I didn't love this...
This is one of those books that would probably fall under the category "Women's Books." It's got a romance (or four), it has a semi-mystery (that is fairly easy to figure out), the atmosphere is charming and so is the writing. I am not ashamed to admit that I ate it up with a spoon. Like the Calgon commerical, it took me away from my own life and placed me in Italy in a beautiful garden, as well as the lovely Devon, England. I am a sucker for happily-ever-after if it's done well...and Santa Mont...
I had to abandon this book; it just wasn't holding my interest. I liked Floriana & Marina, but found myself wishing someone would push Clementine off a cliff. I couldn't respect or like Grey because he let his children disrespect his wife and believe that she stole him from their mother. This book seemed to have promise, but failed to deliver it fast enough or enough to have me care about any of the characters. Clementine was horrid!
Interesting that I picked this up to read after reading The Secret Keeper. Both stories shift back and forth between two time periods. At least in Morton's book the reader clearly understand why and can make some connections between the two story lines. However, in The House by the Sea, it appears that one is reading two different stories simultaneously. Both are good stories but until I reached the last section I could only guess at the connection. Anyway, I saw this book in a discount book sto...
I received this book from Goodreads Giveaways. I really enjoyed this book a lot from start to finish. It is actually two different stories in one book. The first story is of the blossoming of young love between Floriana, a poor village girl abandoned by her mother, and Dante, the son of one of the richest men in Italy. They meet when Dante finds Floriana spying on his family home, Villa La Magdalena. Floriana loves the Villa and dreams of living there and spending her time in the Mermaid Garden
I thought the setting would make this a better book but no. Characters were unlikeable and the plot was predictable.
It was not as good as her other books.
I am stingy in my highest praises of books, but I'm pretty sure I can say that this would be a favorite of mine. I absolutely adored everything about this book. Some of it is probably the beautiful imagery and the fact that I adore gardens, italian anything, and writing that grips you and keeps you guessing without ever really knowing. Only one of the many plot twists did I sort of predict correctly, and I wasn't entirely sure about it, either. I didn't really believe the back cover when it desc...
this book ended up being quiet spiritual.wisdom:-"we are all rootless...until we find our soul mate. ... when you do, the world will shift into place and you will no longer feel dislocated."-don't forget the past, accept it and let it go so it doesn't ruin your present - you can't change what happened, but you can choose to change the way you view it-design: create a beautiful place from the heart-when you are with someone, you should like who you are and be a better version of yourself-what mat...
The story was really very engaging. Writing style was very comfortable. Would have given five stars but for some reason, I just felt a bit let down after reading a pivotal part near the book's end. As this was my first read from this author, I plan to look at other books to read as well.
I’m counting this one as finished because I suffered through all but the last 150 pages of it (and it’s a big book). The characters were either insufferable (Clemmie I’m looking at you), stereotypical (Clemmie’s friend, already forgotten her name - Rachel?), one dimensional (Jake), oblivious (Gray) or too precious for words (Marina). I usually love the whole ‘house by the sea’ theme and the fact that this one includes an artist — well, that made it worth waiting months to borrow this book. Thank...
