The Secret Daughter of Venice
Juliet Greenwood
Reviewed by Helen
It is World War 2, 1941 and Kate Arden is living in England with her family but she does know that she is not truly an Arden although she does not know the full story of her arriving at Arden House when she was a very young girl, but she has found some paintings of Venice in a book of sonnets left to her by her adoptive mother and this brings back some memories of when she was young, of a boat journey and this has her wanting more, she wants to know about her past, will she ever find out.
Venice 1941 and Sofia Armstrong has returned to Venice arriving at the home she grew up in with her terrible mother The Contessa, she is not in residence but Magdalena her mother’s maid is still there troubling times are coming their way with the Germans just about to arrive but Sofia wants to finally find out where her daughter is, will she find her after all of these years?
I did enjoy this story, the characters, the mystery, and the settings were all so good, it was a bit slow to begin with and it took me some time to get into the story, but once I did the characters came to life.
This is one that I would recommend to any reader who loves a good historical story unravelling the mystery of what happened to Kate was well told.
My thanks to Storm Publishing and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
Venice 1941 and Sofia Armstrong has returned to Venice arriving at the home she grew up in with her terrible mother The Contessa, she is not in residence but Magdalena her mother’s maid is still there troubling times are coming their way with the Germans just about to arrive but Sofia wants to finally find out where her daughter is, will she find her after all of these years?
I did enjoy this story, the characters, the mystery, and the settings were all so good, it was a bit slow to begin with and it took me some time to get into the story, but once I did the characters came to life.
This is one that I would recommend to any reader who loves a good historical story unravelling the mystery of what happened to Kate was well told.
My thanks to Storm Publishing and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
3 Stars
May 14, 2024 by Storm Publishing
