The Midnight Rose: A Novel | 
pickI had some mixed feelings about this one. With dual timelines, we are following the life story of a young Indian woman who was born in 1900. In 2011, an American actress is part of a movie set in Devonshire and is staying at the historic estate where they are filming. In 2001, a young Indian man is too busy with work to attend his great-grandmother's funeral. Ten years later, he is having a life crisis and finds himself caught up in reading the ⬇
pickProbably the most exotic settings yet of a Lucinda Riley book, juxtaposing an old English stately home used as a modern film set, against the history and culture of the Indian Royal elite through several generations, this book of Riley's had a gorgeous atmosphere and sense of parallel time lines that line up beautifully. Heart rending at times but really lovely
pickThree generations,
Three nations,
Five complicated love stories
With a castle and rose garden as a dramatic backdrop.
so-soEngaging and addictive, complete escapism but bordering sightly on a fan-fiction type style. Predictable but mindless and entertaining
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TODAY‘S PROMPT: SHAME
“How lucky could a girl get? Moving from a small village to a palace to be friends with a Princess. Was it lucky forever?
THE MIDNIGHT ROSE moves from present day back to a diary that Anahita kept of her life in India as well as her life in England.
You will feel badly for Anahita and feel her shame and pain.
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#Aprella I bought this book years ago, while I was on vacation from the hotel lobby gift shop...desperate times... my NOOK died( remember that device) Anyhow, according to GoodReads, I REALLY enjoyed this book. I don‘t remember much, but it was definitely set around an old crumbling #EnglishHouse and I remember multiple generations....
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TODAY'S PROMPT: LUCKY YOU
How lucky could a girl get? Moving from a small village to a palace to be friends with a Princess. Was it lucky forever?
I always enjoy Lucinda Riley's books. Have you read any of her books?
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@Andrew65 piqued my curiosity and I am fascinated with the varying settings of he books
Another great book from Lucinda Riley. #Flowers #HappinessIsResistance
pickAnother fantastic book by Lucinda Riley. Throughout I was strongly interested in the current timeline as well as the past timeline. Not always a positive and happy book, and some heartbreaking moments within the book, but overall it was a brilliant story. She does know how to write a great story - people to both love and hate in this book, as well as people to feel sorry for. Certainly an author I would r commend to others.
Need to get to India in my World Challenge so just started to read The Midnight Rose by Lucinda Riley, which is a standalone. Lucinda Riley has never let me down and know I am in for a cracking read!
Lucinda Riley is one of my favorite authors for transporting me to a different #time and #place. #30daysofreadathon
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I was 100% engaged in this book for the first 2/3 or so. The pacing is excellent, and I loved all the characters in both timelines. Riley captures India well, and also does a wonderful job with the tumultuousness of the first half of the 20th century. Where things fell off for me a bit was the way she chose to end some of these storylines. I knew that it was going to be sad because of what we're told in the ⬇ 10mo
However, I'll also admit that “A Novel“ isn't usually my thing - I like my happy endings - so I can definitely see this book having an ⬇ 10mo
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