The first book in this series captured me from the start. Lucinda Riley has to be one of the most prolific authors of today. The Seven Sisters introduced us briefly to all the sisters before focusing on Maia. From the start, I did not like CeCe. She seemed bossy, domineering band miserable. But of all the Sisters I have read so far, she is the one that grew and changed the most. By the end, I was so sad to see her story end.

Questo libro ci porta alla scoperta delle origini di CeCe: non si è mai sentita come se si adattasse da nessuna parte e fino a poco tempo fa aveva sempre Star su cui dipendere. Tuttavia, da quando Star ha scoperto la propria strada CeCe si ritrova completamente sola, decide così seguire gli indizi che le sono stati lasciati e si dirige in Australia. Lungo la strada fa tappa in Thailandia e incontra Ace, un uomo sfuggente con un oscuro segreto, che l'aiuta a scoprire di più su Kitty Mercer, la donna che Pa Salt voleva che lei indagasse.
Quando CeCe arriva in Australia, è commossa dal paesaggio selvaggio e dalla storia degli aborigeni, risvegliando la sua creatività e portandola a scoprire le sue radici e ritrovare un senso di appartenenza. Anche questo romanzo è scritto sempre tra tempo passato e tempo attuale ed è accattivante, mi è sempre piaciuto il modo in cui salta sempre tra i personaggi e i periodi di tempo e lega tutto insieme alla fine. Mi è piaciuto tanto quanto gli altri anche se penso che Kitty abbia preso una decisione un po 'stupida a un certo punto, e alla fine non ho capito il punto della trama di Ace, e la trama di Chrissie mi è sembrata super casuale. Anche il finale è sembrato un po 'affrettato, ma nel complessivo è stato una piacevole lettura

4,5 stars

This is the fourth book of the series so far, and perhaps the one I have enjoyed the most. I love that we follow a different sister in each book, but Lucinda Riley also manage to tie it all together so that it doesn't feel like a completely different story in each book, but rather another side to one story.

The fourth book follows CeCe in her search for her roots in Australia. I really enjoyed reading about Australian history, and especially the aboriginal culture, as that is something I haven't read much about before. It's a great treat when you kind of discover a new country or culture through reading. The plot was great and the pacing was just right. The story alternates between CeCe in modern time and her relatives in the early 20th century, and I think it was very well balanced.

It was great to read about CeCe and her struggle to fit in. Even though the family mystery was great to read about, I think I enjoyed even more reading about CeCe's growth and her coming into her own. CeCe was such a likeable character, and it didn't take long for me to soften up to her. I didn't get the best impression of her in the third book, so I was surprised of how much I liked her.

The only negative thought I had about this book was at the end. I felt the ending was a bit abrupt, and it left some loose ends when it comes to both Chrissie and Ace that irked me a little.

Also, I just had to read the excerpt from the next novel in the series, and now I can't wait to read it!

I have been reading and will probably read the whole series, but this was very questionable indeed, for a white person to write about aboriginal people in this way and also using quite questionable wordings many times such as "exotic". Hope the writer has already pondered about the problematics of this.

3.5 stars

I wasn't really sure whether I should rate this book 3 stars or 4 stars. As with the 2 novels preceeding this one, I went in not really expecting much - I can't quite put my finger on why, but this series just isn't really for me. I found CeCe to be really relatable, tho, in terms of where she is emotinally at the beginning of her story and ended up liking this book better than I thought I would.

It's kind of lame, tho, that all the straight sisters have a full-blown romance, whereas CeCe has this weird murky "Huh, I might be bi" thing going on. She deserves the same love story her hetero sisters do.