Veronica is an aspiring historian living in present-day Los Angeles when she meets a mysterious man who may be heir to the Russian throne. There’s intrigue and danger and a love story or two. In her riveting debut novel, The Secret Daughter of the Tsar, Jennifer Laam seamlessly braids together the stories of three women: Veronica, Lena, and Charlotte. I did guess the end about ¾ of the way through, but that didn’t ruin it for me. The flashback sections following Lena and Charlotte slowly piece together the truth.
A good chunk of the book follows Veronica as she discovers a man claiming to be the Romanov heir and investigates the story of a 5th daughter being smuggled out of Russia. Sometimes stories that jump between points-of-view can feel disjointed, but I’m happy to say that’s not the case with this book. A compelling alternate history of the Romanov family in which a secret fifth daughtersmuggled out of Russia before the revolutioncontinues the royal lineage to dramatic consequences In her riveting debut novel, The Secret Daughter of the Tsar, Jennifer Laam seamlessly braids together the stories of three women: Veronica, Lena, and Charlotte. Dark family secrets revealedan alternate future for the Romanov sisters from Jennifer Laam, author of The Secret Daughter of the Tsar and The Lost Season of Love and Snow. As Goodreads says, it’s “a compelling alternate history of the Romanov family in which a secret fifth daughter - smuggled out of Russia before the revolution - continues the royal lineage to dramatic consequences.” The book weaves together the stories of three women: Lena, a housemaid in the Romanov palace Charlotte, a ballerina living in Nazi-occupied Paris and Veronica, a modern-day professor of Russian history. I’ve always been a little fascinated with the Romanov family, so this was a no brainer to pick up when I saw it at the library.
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