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The Light Behind The Window: A breathtaking story of love and war from the bestselling author of The Seven Sisters series

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The author has a skill in drawing you right into the characters lives so much so that you experience all that they do and just as you think you know the outcome or the next stage in their development, it is shifted again. It’s kitschy in the WWII sections for sure and, throughout the whole book and both times periods, way too formal. If you don't care what life was like in wartime France, the hardships and dangers, why bother to set your story there? Jetzt beim zweiten Mal hatte ich echt Spaß beim Lesen und wollte mehr über Emilie und ihre Geschichte und die Vergangenheit ihrer Familie erfahren. As Emilie unravels the story, she too embarks on her own journey of discovery, realising that the ch teau may provide clues to her own difficult past and finally unlock the future.

As Emilie begins to sort out the family affairs, she begins to unlock the family’s deepest secrets and delve into the past. Don’t misunderstand me, the author adds what she thinks is complexity to most of the characters but it doesn’t work.Wander into a cafe in occupied Paris, grab some coffee; stop at a rural train station, sip some coffee; hide in a basement and warm up with some coffee! The mother dies at the start and Emilie, who has 'rebelled' by abandoning the social life and becoming a vet, is left with a huge chateau on her hands.

One of the first issues I stumbled across in this book is that it is so filled with clichés and overused tropes. Then everything builds to the top and most highest point of the rollercoaster, emotions are running high and the descent is rather fast and makes her relook at all she has. Here the past and the present collide in Lucinda's story as they have done in her previous novels and is a skill will she handles effectively with ease and no obvious break with the story. From the Sunday Times best-selling author of the Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley's The Light Behind the Window is a breathtaking and intense story of love, war and, above all, forgiveness. I’d never heard of the book before, it wasn’t on my radar, however the description on the back of the book sounded interesting so I spent the 50¢ and bought it.

I know I’ve focused on Emilie’s side of the story but much of the complaints I have for her storyline carry over to Constance’s. The characters in The Light Behind The Window are exceptional, I became very emotionally involved with them, especially Emilie and Constance. The Girl on the Cliff was a big hit, but The Orchid House was a meandering miss, and after the first few chapters I thought The Light Behind The Window would be heading for another miss too. From the author of the international bestseller, Hothouse Flower, Lucinda Riley's new novel is a breathtaking and intense story of love, war and, above all, forgiveness.

The relationship between Emilie and Sebastian starts out on a creepy, weird note and that never bodes well. If you’re going to include something that serious, you need to include how the character deals with it because those acts have long-lasting consequences.

In general I don’t have issues when books delve into rape and sexual assault but the problem here is that the author doesn’t dive into it.

Overwhelmed by all the new decisions Emilie had to make, she runs into Sebastian, a man who has links to the family Château as he says his grandmother, Constance, stayed there during the conflict.My biggest issue was the unnecessary time the author spent on 'pleasant' conversations; i'm sure if someone checked which words were the most used one's in this book, 'thank you' would win. TW; rape (I put it in one of the spoilers, but just in case someone wants to go through and read them all.

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