I have visited Norway numerous times since my initial journey there, and, like my father before me, I fell in love too. Ally is an incredibly determined woman, and despite the amount of grief she endures, she manages to find a new source of creativity, a new home and a new family in which she can raise her and Theo’s child. Ally D'Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father's sudden, mysterious death. Following the bestselling The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister is the second book in Lucinda Riley’s spellbinding series based loosely on the mythology surrounding the famous star constellation. He was controlling, pushing for too much commitment too soon and actually admitted to Ally that he believed his choices were more important than her fears but his fears were more important than her choices.

Luckily, he was a prolific diarist and correspondent and there’s nothing better than reading the words that those historical figures have actually written. I'm not sure that I enjoyed Ally's story as much as Maia's, but this is still very solid and entertaining. Also, the mystery of Pa Salt and the overall part he plays in the girls pasts is again touched upon.Do you remember the story of an empty dreamer who left ruins everywhere he passed and the faithful Solveig, who waited and waited for him? They are massive beasts of books that probably don't need to be as long as they are, but still, this is infinitely readable and I did love it. When a second tragedy strikes, Ally travels to Oslo and learns the story of a talented young singer who was the first to perform Grieg’s famous musical adaptation of Peer Gynt. Nothing to dislike especially if you like a bit of history, can't believe it took me this long to find them, but at least I don't have to wait for the next one to come out! There, Ally begins to discover her roots - and how her story is inextricably bound to that of a young unknown singer, Anna Landvik, who lived there over 100 years before, and sang in the first performance of Grieg's iconic music set to Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt'.

I read as much as I could about Grieg and his contemporaries – and I pored over the details of the original production of Peer Gynt.Star’s story will take us from the wilds of Cumbria and the raw beauty of the Lake District to the excesses and social whirl of Edwardian London. This novel contains the usual outlandish descriptions, and it would be lovely to harness the power that creates unnecessary fluff, and put it into creating more realistic and complex characters. But be warned this isn’t a book you pick up and read in a couple of hours, it’s one of those stories that demands you pay attention but at the same time you get lost in its pages. This soul-touching and engrossing book narrates the story of the second eldest sister, Ally after Maia, who embarks upon a journey to find her original roots after her adoptive father's sudden death. Following the bestselling The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister is the second book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series based loosely on the mythology surrounding the famous star constellation.