The Olive Tree: The bestselling story of secrets and love under the Cyprus sun

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Me ha gustado mucho la forma en que está contada, transcurre en Pandora, una casa antigua situada en un pueblo de Chipre, entre viñedos y olivos y ha sido muy fácil imaginarlo todo, era como estar viéndolos entrando y saliendo, en la piscina, en la playa, etc.

A few of the characters seemed a bit too good to be true but overall I enjoyed it and will look for more books by this author. Tantalising hints are dropped throughout, nothing is ever rushed as Lucinda gives her readers an overall view of the holiday and background to the characters and thoughts and actions. I also didn’t need so many men apologizing to each other for having stepped on their territory, and by territory, I mean their wives.Helena try’s desperately to keep those secrets well hidden but somehow it becomes closer to her reality than she like’s. Al mismo tiempo, otro dato que me parece curioso es que la sinopsis nos da a entender que esta es una novela romántica y lo es en parte, pero también me pareció una novela de suspenso, con la sensación de que la tranquilidad era pasajera y que, en el momento menos pensado, todo haría ebullición. Were there any particular challenges in writing a book like this and did you feel confident that your readers would enjoy this as much as your others?

Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. When I pick up a book by Lucinda Riley I normally know what to expect and get swept away in the world and the cast of characters she has created.With its complex and utterly engrossing story, and the pages permeated with the aroma of olives, grapes and the blistering Cypriot sun, The Olive Tree is the perfect summer read.

The main character, Helena, fell flat as a cheesecake dropped from a penthouse balcony for me, as did pretty much all of the other characters, with the slight exception of Sadie.Lucinda had already proven she can do historical fiction to an excellent standard but now she has shown more contemporary novels are quite clearly her forte too.