Goodreads rating: 4.33/5
Published: June 2nd, 2023
Author: Sophia Lambton
Genre: fiction, family saga
Dreams are a red flag for the danger-prone.
Postwar van der Holts. Sophistication sticks to Head of Music Isabel – and so does new headmaster, the mysterious and semi-dictatorial Richard Schneider. Dissent from doctorly conventionality leads Anneliese into digressions deviant even for her as she squares off not just against Susanna but a serial offender of the law. Sparks fly between old flames; new fears prove equally exciting. Loyalties are switched and cravings itched in this compendium of the forbidden driven by foreboding: a mere taste of the temptations still to come.
Treats are aplenty for the reader who prefers vicarious living in The Crooked Little Pieces: Volume 3: a world abundant in the traps of passion’s shackles.
Into the higher stakes we go.
Thank you, The Crepuscular Press, for this opportunity to continue where the van der Holts twins, Annaliese and Isabel, have left off. This is volume 3 of The Crooked Little Pieces. You can read my earlier reviews of volume 1 and 2 here:
The story picked up after the war with Isabel separated from her abusive husband and staying together with Annaliese and her husband. Isabel is now a full-fledged music teacher whereas Annaliese is a practicing psychiatrist. Their lives go on as usual until some changes in their line of work triggered a different obstacle. A new headmaster, a culprit hidden in plain sight and more corruptions added to their mundane lives making it more adventurous.
This book requires a slow reading pace, to slowly devour and understand the drama within. It is written in alternate views of the sisters about their respective side of the stories. There are so many plots going on that I had to keep up vigilantly or I would have been lost LOL! The way it's written sure feels like I am in a TV series of Downtown Abbey or some sort of drama from Diva channel.
A walk down memory lane of the day's way back then. I've always had a soft spot for historical fiction which is one of the reasons I've requested for The Crooked Little Pieces. Reading through the twin's journey have been eye-opening indeed. A little lengthy in my opinion as I did wish it was shorter at times. Other than that, it was a nice novel to divulge in during my commute home.
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