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Η γυναικεία θα έλεγε κανείς απάντηση στον κώδικα Ντα Βιντσι του Νταν Μπράουν βέβαια με μια πιο ρομαντική και νοσταλγική ματιά και διάθεση. Ένα μαγικό ταξίδι ανάμεσα στο παρελθόν και το παρόν, ένα ταξίδι στη μεσαιωνική Σιένα τουκαι στη νοσταλγική Σιένα του σήμερα. Μια διαφορετική εκδοχή μαλλον ένα retelling της ιστορίας των δύο πιο γνωστών εραστών της παγκόσμιας λογοτεχνίας. Κρυμμένα μυστικά, ενας θησαυρός, μια κατάρα από το παρελθόν που μπορεί να υπάρχει ακόμα και σήμερα και μια σύγχρονη Ιουλιέτα που ρίχνεται στη μάχη της αναζήτησης. Είναι άραγε ο Αλεσάντρο Σαντίνι ο άντρας που συναντά στο διάβα της και φαίνεται να κρύβει μυστικά που σχετίζονται με κείνη και την καταγωγή της ο δικός της Ρωμαίος που θα τη βοηθήσει να βρει την άκρη του νήματος ή μήπως θα είμαστε μάρτυρες μιας νέας ερωτικής τραγωδίας
Σιγά μη σας πω καλέ να διαβασετε το βιβλίο για να πάρετε την απάντηση σας. Είναι τετοιο το βιβλίο που νομίζω ότι πρέπει να μάθετε μόνοι σας τις εξελίξεις και να διατηρήσετε έτσι την μαγεία που συνοδεύει τούτη εδώ την ιστορία από την αρχή μέχρι το τέλος της.
Οι εραστές της σιένα είναι ένα βιβλίο γεμάτο σασπένς, μυστήριο, ανατροπές, φυσικά τις απαραίτητες δόσεις ρομάντζου για μας τις ρομαντικές ψυχές και μια μοναδική μαέστρο. Η Αν Φορτιερ με την αξιοζήλευτη και τη γεμάτη δεξιοτέχνια πένα της υφαίνει μια μοναδική ιστορία που ισορροπεί με ένα τρόπο μοναδικό και σχεδόν ευλαβικό ανάμεσα στο τώρα, ανάμεσα στο μύθο και την πραγματικόπτητα, ανάμεσα σε δύο κόσμους που είναι στιγμές που μοιάζουν να συμπληρώνουν μαεστρικά ο ένας με τον άλλο λες και η μοίρα και το πεπρωμένο κληρονομείται από αιώνα σε αιώνα. Ένα μυθιστόρημα που μυρίζει Ιταλία με πανέμορφες εικόνες της όμορφης Σιένα, ένα βιβλίο που φιλοδοξεί να γίνει το αντίδοτο σε κάθε ltltκατάραgtgt και του πιο δύστροπου αναγνώστη. Περπατήστε μαζί με τους ήρωες της ιστορία στα γραφικά καλντερίμια της Σιένα, λύστε μαζί τους το γρίφο , αφεθείτε στη μαγεία μιας άλλης εποχής, ανακαλύψτε τα παιχνίδια της μοίρας και τον κρυμμένο αναγνωστικό θησαυρό που έχετε στα χέρια σας. Ένα υπέροχο και ρομαντικό ταξίδι με μόνο ταξιδιωτικό σας οδηγό τη μαγεία και τον έρωτα!!!
I really enjoyed this book, Swept me up into star crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet's life and made it very real to me, MYSTERY. ROMANCE. HISTORICALFICTION.

What's not to love It has everything! It is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, so rich in history, and laced with mystery and action in every page, that it becomes reminiscent of The DaVinci Code!

This was a difficult book to put down and not devour in one sitting.
I struggled to slow my pace and savor each line and page from the very start,

Anne Fortier did a remarkable job in crafting this amazing book! One could tell how much research was done to capture the old and timeless tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet and to successfully infuse it with fictional characters and events that feel as antiquated and believable as the original players.


So the book claims that the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet really happened in thes, and that Romeo and Juliet were real people and that they lived in Siena under the names of Romeo Marescotti and Guilietta Tolomei.
Just like Shakespeare's timeless love story, they died of a tragic death and that their love story was doomed from the very beginning, Awesome, right I just love history, even if it's fictional in nature, Though the book is so rich in history, it is wellpaced and the story building is well executed without it feeling overburdened with historical facts, I loved reading about the feuding families in Siena, Italy in theth century, about the different families/contradas, the Palio, and about the history of Siena itself and how it has worked its hardest to keep its integrity and to keep the infrastructure wellpreserved to this day.
Such a romantic setting to have!

And so when we continue on with this book, we find that, the female protagonist, theyear old Julie Jacobs, is a descendant of Guilietta Tolomei, the real Juliet.
Further in the book, we find that Julie's real name is Guiletta Tolomei, She finds this out after her greataunt, Rose, who raised her and her twin sister, Janice, left her a letter and a key and nothing else while her sister inherits everything.
The letter tells Juliet that her mother, who died when she wasyears old, left her a most valuable treasure in Siena, With the letter came a key to a safety deposit box to a bank in Siena, Disappointed and feeling cheated, Julie leaves for Siena without telling her twin sister where she was headed, And so the mystery and action begins as Julie finds out who she really is and the history of her family, the Tolomeis, But as she searches for her and her family's identity, and the hidden treasure left by her mother, she finds that her father and mother could have been murdered and that who ever was after her parents were now after her and in search of the treasure.
This book has kept me at the edge of my seat at the turn of every page! Mysteries unfolded over and over again! And when you thought you've had the story all figured out, Anne Fortier throws a curve ball at you and throws you back on that roller coaster ride of twists and turns!

And what about that old tale of Romeo and Juliet Anne's retelling and her sharing of what was found through research of the real Romeo and Juliet was by far a better story that the one retold by Shakespeare.
It is definitely more romantic and horribly tragic, The Friar definitely played a bigger part in this retelling than in Shakespeare's, The fictional addition of the curse placed on the Tolomei's and the Salimbeni's Paris' family in Shakespeare as well as the soughtout treasure and where it was hidden were such intelligent and creative inventions!

Anne Fortier did an amazing job moving back in time to tell the story of Romeo Marescotti and Guilietta Tolomei inand return back in the present time to weave the story of Julie Jacobs/st century Guilietta.
The movement of going back and forth and the dialogues were expertly done that I was not confused for once as the POVs changed in time,

As for our present day Romeo and Juliet/Guilietta, I thought Romeo was swoonworthy, But that Alessandro Salimbeni Paris' counterpartwas definitely to die for! I almost hoped for him and Juliet to get together and forget about Romeo, Until of course, Maestro Lippi tells Juliet that there is a real Romeo and that he comes to his studio at night to look at the portrait of the original Juliet/Guilietta, do I start to wonder about this presentdayRomeo and how romantic he sounds! Swoonx! Lots of twists and turns happens before presentdayJuliet finds her presentdayRomeo and more twists and turns before we finally find out whether theirs have a happy ending or if it is another tragic one like their ancestors.


Anne Fortier's writing was so aweinspiring and believable! It has compelled me to want to visit Siena and visit all the places mentioned in this book, Her RomeoandJuliet has captivated and has definitely inspired me to add this book to my book shelf!

If falling in love with a book is possible, then I'm madly in love with this one! Great debut!





Bleh.
. . Really predictable Juliet reincarnation genealogically speaking story, Think 'Letters for Juliet' movie mixed with 'The DeVinci Code' and you get the picture,

It started out strong with an interesting and sympathetic heroine, But once the hero was introduced the dialogue got really, really corny, Like rollmyeyes corny. And the heroine was TSTL in one of my pet peeve ways, She'd miss tons of tons of really obvious clues, and then think to herself, "wow, I feel stupid, It would have been so much easier if I'd gotten all this in the first place, " Yes. It would have. Especially since I figured it all out and kept wondering why you hadn't,

Which leads to the next problem, Everything was SO contrived. That the heroine was TSTL and couldn't put two and two together allowed the plot to continue, Otherwise the book would have been must shorter,

The ending was hugely disappointing, There was a big 'explanation' scene where all the bizarre happenings are explained by one character, Only it all felt so silly, Clearly the character behaved as he/she did to make the plot interesting and not because what he/she was doing made any sense whatsoever, The happenings at the country estate were just bizarre,

Anyways, this book was hugely disappointing, especially since the author is a decent writer and she did a great job with the history and setting of Seina.
It is the story and plot that need help,

I'm so happy to be finished with this book it feels like I've been reading it forever! Unfortunately, my stash of books didn't last the whole vacation so I was forced to pick this one up for the lengthy flight from Los Angeles to Columbus.


I always test books I buy by reading the first page and this book had the most outstanding first page out of all my options, I breezed through the first part of the book and then it dragged,

I tried reading one chapter a night, Now, two weeks later, I finally forced myself to finish it in one swoop,

The book itself wasn't bad it just didn't draw me in, It was like looking at a pretty picture nice, but kind of flat, The characters were rather lifeless, The plot was confusing it bounced between a modernday story and the ancient story that supposedly inspired Romeo and Juliet,

I've heard lots of good things about this book, so I'm sad it was disappointing, Reread just cause I couldn't remember it and I want to get rid of some hardcovers in the house,
stands. . didn't "wow" me this time either and in fact brought it down to/stars,

Normally I wont buy a hard cover, . . III wait till it comes out in paperback or borrow from the library,
But as I was reading the inside flap of the book Juliet, it seemed to be told comparable to authors like Barbara Erskine amp Kate Mosse both favorite authors of mine.

So of course I figured this would be right up my alley,
The story is told in past/present as Barbara Erskine does with her books,
Anne Fortier did a good job with this,
The story also has a Labyrinthine structure which Kate Mosse does in hers which also was well done,
Though the medieval parts are good, I found them not always exciting or riveting as I expected them to be,
I also found the character of Romeo to be rather inmature and as I read further into the story I preferred the modern story line better,
There were times that if I wasn't paying attention, I would quickly get lost and have to flip back to find out who someone was to refresh my memory.

I also found sometimes the dialogue to be a bit forced amp out of character,
I really like the character Julie as she brought the humor to the story, but when the humor was

displayed in the past it was out of place to me.
. too comic like.
All amp all it was a enjoyable read, . . I highly recommend for those who like mystery/suspense and a touch of romance,
I look forward to future books by this author, Ένα εξαιρετικό ταξίδι στη Σιένα. Με έναν Ρωμαίο και μια Ιουλιέτα του σήμερα χωρίς βέβαια να λείπουν οι αναδρομές στο μεσαιωνικό παρελθόν τουμε τους πρώτους ήρωες που έφεραν αυτό το όνομα.
Η κυρία Fortier πήρε τη γνωστή ιστορία του Σαίξπηρ, την ανακάτεψε με μια αληθινή ιστορία της μεσαιωνικής Σιένα, πρόσθεσε μια γερή δόση μυστηρίου και έρωτα και το αποτέλεσμα θεωρώ πως τη δικαίωσε.
Το βιβλίο με μάγεψε και με ταξίδεψε από την πρώτη σελίδα. Στο τέλος, δεν ήθελα να φύγω από τη Σιένα.
Το μόνο μου παράπονο αυτή τη στιγμή είναι πως το αντίτυπο που διάβασα ήταν δανεικό και πρέπει να το επιστρέψω, έτσι δε μπορώ να το έχω να κοσμεί τη βιβλιοθήκη μου μιας και η έκδοση του βιβλίου στη χώρα μας έχει καταργηθεί. Βέβαια η ελπίδα πεθαίνει τελευταία, οπότε ελπίζω. .