The Forgotten Room by Karen White (Epub)

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New York Times bestselling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a masterful collaboration—a rich, multigenerational novel of love and loss that spans half a century…. 1945: When critically wounded Captain Cooper Ravenel is brought to a private hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, young Dr. Kate Schuyler is drawn into a complex mystery that connects three generations of women in her family to a single extraordinary room in a Gilded Age mansion. Who is the woman in Captain Ravenel’s miniature portrait who looks so much like Kate? And why is she wearing the ruby pendant handed down to Kate by her mother? In their pursuit of answers, they find themselves drawn into the turbulent stories of Olive Van Alan, driven in the Gilded Age from riches to rags, who hired out as a servant in the very house her father designed, and Lucy Young, who in the Jazz Age came from Brooklyn to Manhattan seeking the father she had never known. But are Kate and Cooper ready for the secrets that will be revealed in the Forgotten Room? READERS GUIDE INCLUDED

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Editorial Reviews: Review Praise for The Forgotten Room “Even with three authors, the story is seamless, and the transitions between narrators are smooth. Focusing on both a family and a single location throughout time makes for a compelling and emotionally worthwhile novel.”—Kirkus Reviews “Wonderful…Strong female characters, swoon-worthy romance, and red herrings abound in this marvelous genre blend of romance, historical fiction, and family saga.”—Booklist (starred review) “A trio of authors seamlessly blend three stories into one epic novel. Spanning a century and three lives, this sumptuous, suspenseful and heart-wrenching story will keep you up all night. Each story stands on its own, with strong characters and a compelling storyline, but it is impossible to know where one writer starts and another begins. Readers will be utterly enthralled.”—RT Book Reviews (4½ Stars, Top Pick) About the Author Karen White is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street series, The Night the Lights Went Out, Flight Patterns, The Sound of Glass, A Long Time Gone, and The Time Between, among other novels. Beatriz Williams lives with her husband and children in Connecticut. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Along the Infinite Sea, Tiny Little Thing, The Secret Life of Violet Grant, A Hundred Summers, and Overseas. She also writes under the pseudonym Juliana Gray. Lauren Willig is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lure of the Moonflower, That Summer, and The Other Daughter, among other novels.

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⭐Holy wow. This book was stupendous. It’s told from three alternating but interconnecting story lines of Olive (1892), Lucy (1920), and Kate (1945) surrounding their struggles, hopes & dreams, crushing loss, and love. You could tell the different writing styles of the three authors, and it did take a few chapters to find my reading groove. Nonetheless, I could feel myself connecting with all three women and felt personally victimized by the ending of the book (prepare yourself, there were onions in my house that night and I needed some tissues). This book definitely left me with a book hangover, and I couldn’t recommend it fast enough to my bookworm friends. I can’t say enough good things about this book, so just buy it already. Do it.

⭐The Forgotten Room is a collaboration by three well-known authors of romantic suspense that enjoy using the device of time-shift. The story is told from three different perspectives from three different points in time–three generations starting in 1893 and ending in 1944. Beatriz William’s Schuyler family is entwined with the women of this novel–unfortunately, I have read only two of William’s Schuyler sister-themed stories, so I am not quite sure as to where the Schuylers in this tale fit into the family tree. William’s feisty-woman character is easy to pick out as is Lauren Willig’s prose. As I am not at all familiar with Karen White, and not at all sure that each of the authors decided to choose and concentrate on a particular time period and character for this collaboration or if they all sat down and contributed to each of the narratives when they felt the inclination. My guess is that Williams wrote Kate, White wrote Olive and Willig wrote Lucy. Not sure about this, just basing it on my reading experience with these authors.Because the novel has three authors, it tends to be a little choppy in terms of style and flow. It took me a few cycles of the three characters perspectives to fully get into the story–and even then it took me a while to figure out the relationship between the characters. From the start the only connection besides the mural of St George and the Dragon is the old Pratt Mansion which has gone from private estate to boardinghouse to hospital all within the span of a few generations. The Forgotten Room holds its secrets, but for the most part the secrets that it holds are rather superficial as by the time its secrets have been revealed, the reader already has it all figured out. The ruby necklace is what really ties the characters together; the forgotten room is pretty much forgotten . . . .For those who enjoy this type of read, “the Forgotten Room” will compel you to keep the pages turning until you get to the very end where the social pressures and sadness of the past finally come together for one of the characters. The last chapter as an Epilogue seems redundant. The reader already knows what it will reveal; it seems like more of a writing exercise than a necessary point in the plot denouement. What would work better would be a Prologue where the character featured looks back from that moment in the room and sets the whole drama in motion rather than have the three women start things off, allowing the reader to flounder a bit as to what their relationships are and how their issues will be rectified.I thought the Kate segment a little too pat; the part with Dr. Greeley being such a dreary skirt-chasing character a little too 2-dimensional. Kate as the doctor comes off a little too Pre-Raphaelite model and the character of Prunella Pratt not utilized to its full potential by any of the perspectives.Bottom line? Interesting idea–a collaborative effort by three novelists. Does it work? It does, but the result tends to be a little redundant, a little choppy and a little foggy in terms of who the characters actually are and how they impact each other. The plot is typical; those who like the three featured authors will enjoy figuring out their respective contributions. Not a particularly memorable book; give me “That Summer” by Lauren Wlllig or “Along the Infinite Sea” minus the framing story by Beatriz Williams any day.Diana Faillace Von Behren”Buzzard’s Eye View”

⭐The concept of the novel, a beautiful “forgotten” attic room in a Manhattan mansion that has a life of it’s own as it weathers the storms from the late 1890s to WWII, is intriguing. However, the story that the three authors weave together is more low-intensity bodice-ripper than engaging historical fiction against this interesting backdrop.The characters are flat and predictable. The women protagonists are not strong, but instead seem to have predisposition to emotional martyrdom, walking headlong into lives tied to men they do not love. Yet, they don’t seem to impart wisdom and strength to their daughters to make different choices, as they seem to have wished they had done. They also disappear in the story once their torrid flirtations with real love occur, as if that is all they really had to offer the world.It would have been a much better story if the women did not die so young and were around to council and engage with their daughters as they faced their own difficult choices between those they are passionate about and those that will offer safety, but a dull, unsatisfying life.Skip this one. There are far better books to be read.

⭐The Forgotten Room ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️By Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren WilligHistorical fiction in setting, The Forgotten Room tells the triad tale of Olive, Lucy, and Kate. Their stories—separated by a spilt timeline of about twenty years between each perspective—paints an intricate puzzle of old passions, family ties, and secrets.All three characters and their love interests play a part in a secret room sequestered away in an old mansion and a painting of a dark-haired woman wearing a ruby pendant. What is it that binds all three women to the forgotten room?The writers reveal the plot bit by bit, surprising the reader at the very end with the last piece of the puzzle. The Forgotten Room is a well-told tale of diving into the depths of passion come what may vs. the age-old predicament of practically. These scenarios ply against each other, two sides of the same coin; some characters choose one side, while some choose the other. As a reader, you’ll end up questioning which you would choose.

⭐This novel covers three time periods and is written by a trio of authors. The story revolves around a room in a Manhattan mansion originally in the 1890s, is a makeshift hospital in 1944, and is a boarding house for women in the 1920s. Each story is of a difficult romantic connection, some with tragic consequences. As each story unfolds, the connections between them are revealed, showing how the choices and consequences are passed down. This was a delightful historical fiction with a romantic flair and a few unexpected twists and turns.

⭐I liked the way that the story moves between the key chapters. The description of the attic room is almost magical.

⭐Loved this novel, savoured every chapter and didn’t want it to end. I adore Karen White’s novels and shall now be checking out more from the other authors of the beauty of a book!

⭐Okay but a little difficult to get into – lots of time changes meant I was nearly halfway through the book before I really knew the characters.

⭐I’ve always loved Karen White’s books. What happened here? I immediately started feeling uneasy during the first chapter, and by the end of another few chapters, I knew the plot and more I felt like I was reading a “pot boiler.” Couldn’t even bother to finish it, and I was left with a feeling of sadness. At least I still have her other excellent books to reread.

⭐This was a very intriguing book.You have to go with flow and it took 3/4 of the book for me to piece together the story that was unfolding. I was really cheering for Kate to break the cycle.I thoroughly enjoyed it. A Great Who Done It.

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