Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. The Twin’s Daughter. New York: Bloomsbury, 2010.
I could her her step growing closer to the doorway, and I rose from my seat thinking to go to her, to warn her somehow first—although warn her of what exactly, I couldn’t say—but her energetic glide was too quick for me and as she blew into the room, the woman who had been seated across from me rose as well.
I stood between them looking from one to the other: the one who was dressed and coiffed in a way that showed she had every advantage in the world—my beautiful, gorgeous mother—and her mirror image, but dressed and coiffed far differently. I can say with near certainty that I am the only child in the world who can claim she was there the first time her mother met her twin.
My mother fainted dead away.
But there are darker motivations at work…and if Lucy fails to uncover them, she could become the next victim.
Another one that I loved!! It’s sort of like Little Women meets Edgar Allen Poe. Creepy. Twisted. Brilliant.
I kept thinking I had it all figured out. I kept being wrong. It had my favorite feature of a well-written novel…not one wasted word. Everything was there because it was essential to the climax. This is the first novel of this length that I’ve ever seen do that. It was so incredibly impressive to me.
I loved the characters I was supposed to love, I hated the characters I was supposed to hate, I was confused about nearly everyone else…just as the author intended. I fell for every red herring, like I was supposed to. It was amazing, knowing that the author could control me the way she did. Brava, Lauren Baratz-Logsted.
Yay for Book #8!
Sounds awesome! I'm excited to read it.
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ReplyDeleteI almost book loaned this the other day. Now I'll have to give it a go.
ReplyDeleteGreat review! I loved the book, too, especially that it twisted and turned so you never really knew what to expect!
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ReplyDeleteI found this book interesting and engrossing. Maybe a little slow at the beginning but it pulls you in and pulls you along. Twins, separated at birth, reunited in Victorian London. How will they deal together, what will join them and what will come between them. The story is told from the point of view of the daughter of one of the twins. She develops a relationship with her aunt, falls in love, grows up. But, along the way, one twin is murdered. We think we know which, then we change our mind, then we change our mind again. Nicely done.
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