The Sun Sister
I have truly enjoyed the Seven Sisters series and living through each sister. Through the last five books I have been transported around the world and through time. I’ve gotten to learn about different cultures in both the present and the past along with the struggles women have faced and stood up to throughout time.
Just like the previous Sisters’ books, The Sun Sister is a dual timeline story. Electra, the youngest of the sisters, starts off our story with her life as a top model who has lost control and numbs herself with drugs and alcohol due to the loss of her adoptive father. I won’t lie to you, Electra has popped up in the previous books in this series, and I was not a fan of hers, and this made me nervous about how I could possibly love this book as much as the other ones.
What made me absolutely love this book was Cecily telling the story of Electra’s ancestor, Stella. As you travel back in time, you get to learn about the beauty of Kenya during WWII and after, racial confrontations and battles in the United States, the forming of the NAACP, and the growth of former president Barack Obama. Cecily made many sacrifices along with other women of the time. These women were incredibly strong and worked hard to overcome racial inequity. Both timelines in this story use friendships, trust, and strong family bonds to keep hope alive.
You could read The Sun Sister as a stand-alone book and still fall in love with the story. However, you would be depriving yourself of all the adventures, tribulations and joys of the previous sisters in the series. So, if you have some free time or need more books to read, start this series at the beginning.
As with any Lucinda Riley novel, I could not set this book down. The characters are multilayered and heartfelt to where you will feel like you are truly living each moment with the character (I’ve cried during each book). Furthermore, the rich plotline pulls you in to the point that you are completely immersed in the time period through amazing and vivid details. I cannot wait for the next book in this amazing series (there better be one)!
