• The Other Daughter

  • A Novel
  • By: Lauren Willig
  • Narrated by: Nicola Barber
  • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (1,754 ratings)

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The Other Daughter

By: Lauren Willig
Narrated by: Nicola Barber
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Raised in a poor yet genteel household, Rachel Woodley is working in France as a governess when she receives news that her mother has died suddenly. Grief stricken, she returns to the small town in England where she was raised to clear out the cottage...and finds a cutting from a London society magazine, with a photograph of her supposedly deceased father dated all of three month before. He's an earl, respected and influential, and he is standing with another daughter - his legitimate daughter. Which makes Rachel...not legitimate. Everything she thought she knew about herself and her past - even her very name - is a lie.

Still reeling from the death of her mother and furious at this betrayal, Rachel sets herself up in London under a new identity. There she insinuates herself into the partygoing crowd of Bright Young Things, with a steely determination to unveil her father's perfidy and bring his - and her half sister's - charmed world crashing down. Very soon, however, Rachel faces two unexpected snags: She finds she genuinely likes her half-sister, Olivia, whose situation isn't as simple it appears; and she might just be falling for her sister's fiancé....

From Lauren Willig, author of the New York Times best-selling novel The Ashford Affair, comes The Other Daughter, an audiobook full of deceit, passion, and revenge.

©2015 Lauren Willig (P)2015 Macmillan Audio

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Excellent!

I love Lauren Willig's books. This is no exception. It didn't take too long for me to be in tears. Great writing and a good story does that. It wasn't the last time I got sniffly during this book.

Rachel, as Vera, was a bit annoying at times. I wasn't thrilled with her plan but she handled it well and the story took interesting turns. Just when I thought I knew where the plot was going things veered in another direction. And then it happened again. This made the story interesting.

The narration was excellent and I truly enjoyed this book.

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Sudden Ending Disappoints!

I usually enjoy this very accomplished author but this novel felt unfinished and unsatisfying because it seemed unpolished with tons of awkward adverbs clouding the prose and stops abruptly with many loose ends dangling. One wonders if ms. willing just gave up on this one---and as if her editors were out to lunch...

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Overall disappointed

This story was ok. I liked it and thought It was good until the last couple of chapters. And the end was terrible I am all for happy ever after endings but it feels as if half way through the book the author got tired of writing it and left a lot of lose ends.

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Adequate.

An improbable story but entertaining if you don't think too hard about it. The only major flaw was that the narrator made the male love interest sound so sarcastic and obnoxious that even his own mother would be hard pressed to love him.

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Would be better as a movie

With a few tweaks, this book would make a great Romantic Comedy Movie. Sadly for me I am not into rom-coms so I didn’t really care for most of the book.

The plot wasn’t that bad, and I must admit there were a few twists I didn’t see coming, but overall the lengths Rachel goes to to infiltrate her way into the inner circle and get close to her father was farfetched – it was a real stretch to think her plan would work. Had she just been more direct there would not have been a story, I get that! But the whole plot feel a little too contrived… trying too hard to be interesting.

Another reviewer described this story as “entertaining if you don't think too hard about it” and I think that sums it up perfectly!

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Enjoyable

I liked the storyline and Barber did an excellent job with the reading. The story had several twists that I did not see coming and I like when an author can surprise me.

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Not nearly stunning enough

What did you like best about The Other Daughter? What did you like least?

The complexity of Rachel and the plot so far as learning about her her to for unknown family and the discovery of what she really is! What did I like least? The romance. It wasn't really a romance.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The setting is what drew me to the story. I love Her Royal Spyness and think the Phryne Fisher books are unique.Again, the romance here was lackluster at best.

What about Nicola Barber’s performance did you like?

She's pretty good. Nothing annoying about her narration.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Not a chance

Any additional comments?

If you're getting this book because you think it's a romance, I'll stop you right there. It's not. Its as if Lauren Willig couldn't decide if this was a Historical Romance or Historical Fiction. Now remember, when I say this, I read and write Historical Romance, so I'm not anti romance in any way! The romance is contrived, forced. There is no palpable tension. Then all of a sudden at the end, oops! they love each other. let's get married right away and live happily ever after. Most of the tension was "told" not "shown". Rachel spends alot of time mooning over her half sister's situation, then at the end, she abandons her to a loveless marriage of duty and a rotten mother. Like, oh well, tough cookies for Olivia! The Olivia/Jon storyline never gets resolved. There are alot of unanswered question left over. Olivia's story would be very interesting because she has a lot of opportunity for change. Rachel's relationship with her father is never resolved either. Historically, it was well done. Entertainment wise... eh, I wouldn't read it again.

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This is some great story telling!

This was a great story! I loved all the twists and turns. The narration was on point.

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Love it!

Five stars Lauren Willig! Really enjoyed the book! I was right about Simon.. A great audio performance.

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Exceptional

Thought I would like it just fine. Came out of it wanting someone to make a movie from it, word for word.

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