A beautiful story, well-written and nicely structured, with alternating chapters featuring the two main characters. Settings are rich, there’s an outstanding balance between action and backstory, and the writer is talented.

Paris by Edward Rutherfurd (✬✬✬✬✬)

An amazing amount of research went into this book. Combining fact and fiction, the reader is taken through years of Paris history, spanning generations and centuries.

New York by Edward Rutherfurd (✬✬✬✬✬)

I very much enjoyed reading this book and learning about the history of New York. It was thoroughly entertaining and kept my attention. It was well written.