Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy! I enjoyed my time at Foxcote Manor and unraveling the mysteries within it. The reader is introduced to characters in two time periods, the 19 70s and current day. The connections between various folks are slowly unraveled as the reader bounces between different perspectives and time periods. There are many large and small mysteries in this story and I really don’t want to give any away. I will say that although some of them felt forced by the end and a little too coincidental, I didn’t mind. Overall I felt engaged in the story and in the characters. I did enjoy the 1970’s time period a bit more and I would have loved the setting of Foxcote Manor to be even more accentuated throughout the book. I thought the characters were really well developed and I appreciated some of the redemptive touches on some of the more unlikeable characters. I think my library patrons who enjoy a mysterious family drama will love this book, so I’ll definitely recommend it!

The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eva Chase, was a very spellbinding book. It was narrated by three main characters, Rita , Sylvie and Hera. Their roles in this book, keep the pages flowing, making you wonder, what their relationship is and what is occurring from past to present and all of this happen due to being at Foxcote Manor.

This is the best type of historical fiction, alternating between events that happened long ago and the present time. I cheered for Rita throughout the entire book, from when she was Big Rita—a tall ungainly nanny who loved the children she looked after—to when she was a great grandmother with secrets haunting her.
I read it in two evenings. Five stars!

Not my favorite novel by Eve Chase, but one I will certainly recommend. The beginning was slow and it took time to get accustomed to the time shifts. It was certainly intriguing enough to keep me reading. It will definitely have a following.

Because of the way that the book was downloaded, I had some trouble initially reading it. However, I continued and was glad that I did so. I love books on family sagas, particularly ones that have hidden secrets from the past. Also enjoyed the settings and the characters developments. I would strongly recommend this book as a good read.