Showing posts with label The Ingenue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Ingenue. Show all posts

Nov 13, 2022

Sunday Salon: The Moon and NYC

 I was out of town last week so have not read much at all. But I did get some sightseeing done, mostly by car and on foot. The day after we got back, it started to snow. 

Caught between the (full) moon and New York City, Queens


                                    Inside St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan





Currently reading:

I started an ebook, and like it so far.


The Ingenue

A novel of suspense about the bonds of family, the limits of talent, the risks of ambition, and the rewards of revenge.

When former piano prodigy Saskia Kreis returns home to Milwaukee after her mother's unexpected death, she expects to inherit the family estate, the Elf House. But with the discovery that her mother's will bequeathed the Elf House to a man that Saskia shares a complicated history with, she is forced to reexamine her own past--and the romantic relationship that changed the course of her life--for answers. Can she find a way to claim her heritage while keeping her secrets buried, or will the fallout from digging too deep destroy her? *(publisher)


I was intrigued and enthralled by Saskia, the piano prodigy, and her personality which led her into sabotaging her musical career at a young age for a highly questionable and secret relationship. Her mother's successful reinvention of traditional fairy tales for a living features prominently in the novel. This connection to Saskia's life years later was a brilliant part of the plot, as well as the Elf House, a mansion that has been in their family for generations.

I found this a well planned and plotted novel, with well developed characters, and a suspenseful story that certainly rewrites any fairy tale life that Saskia had imagined for herself.

What are you reading this week? 
Memes: The Sunday Post hosted by The Caffeinated BookreviewerAlso,  It's Monday: What Are You Readingand Sunday SalonStacking the ShelvesMailbox Monday


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