100 Pages A Day...Stephanie's Book Reviews

Ally D’Aplièse is the second oldest sister of six.  All six sisters, named after stars in the Pleiades constellation were adopted from around the world by their beloved Pa Salt and were raised on Lake Geneva in Switzerland.  Each of the sisters were encouraged to follow their dreams.  Ally’s were music and boating, just like Pa Salt.  Ally is out on her boat with her boyfriend Theo when she learns of Pa Salt’s death, she is devastated that she is the last to know and was not there to comfort her sisters.  However, Pa Salt made it as easy on the sisters as possible including leaving clues to their true heritage, if they would like to know.  After yet another loss on the ocean, Ally decides to follow Pa Salt’s clues to Norway where she discovers the story of Anna and Jens Halvorson, musicians who performed Grieg’s music in Ibsen’s ‘’Peer Gynt."

I absolutely loved the first book of The Seven Sisters and could not wait to read Ally’s story in The Storm Sister.  I would definitely recommend reading The Seven Sisters first, even though each book could be a stand-alone.  When Ally arrives home after Pa Salt’s death, a few more small clues to Pa Salt were leaked.  I was also very, very impressed with the continuity from the first book.  Conversations and events that had to be re-hashed from the first book were done perfectly, but now from Ally’s perspective.  As a huge fan of dual time stories, I enjoyed both the parts of the story with Ally in the present and Anna and Jens in 1875 Norway.  However, I did feel a bigger pull towards Ally in this story even though Anna and Jens romance was captivating and dramatic, I really wanted to know what Ally was going to do with the information and if she would put all of the pieces together.   Her story is one of overcoming great heartbreak, internal struggle and eventually acceptance for what life gives you.  There were some parts at the end that were a little predictable; however it didn’t ruin anything for me.  I will be impatiently waiting for book three which will be about the mysterious sister, Star.

This book was received for free in return for an honest review.