After the death of her father – Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe – Tiggy D’Aplièse , trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland. There she takes a job doing what she loves; caring for animals on the vast and isolated Kinnaird estate, employed by the enigmatic and troubled Laird, Charlie Kinnaird.

Her decision alters her future irrevocably when Chilly, an ancient gipsy who has lived for years on the estate, tells her that not only does she possess a sixth sense, passed down from her ancestors, but it was foretold long ago that he would be the one to send her back home to Granada in Spain . . .

I adore this whole series and have read them all. This book in particular is one of my favourites. Starting in Scotland and travelling to Switzerland, and Spain the descriptive ability of the author is second to none. The jumps in the story backwards to the time of Tiggy's ancestors is easy to follow and gives a richer reader experience. You really feel like you could be a gypsy living in Spain.

By their very nature, these stories span whole lifetimes of some of the characters, but none of it is ever boring. Everything is well written, interesting and integral to the story. The characters have a depth to them that makes you miss them when they are gone. I don't want this series (The Seven Sisters) to end. If you haven't read any of them yet then you are in for a treat. You can start with any sister, they don't have to be read in order, but they make for better reading if they are. Contemporary, family saga, romance, friendship, travel and history. These books have everything. Everyone I know who have read this series loves it. An easy 5 star from me.

I loved this book, about Tiggy D’Apilese, the fifth sister adopted by Pa Salt and brought up in their childhood home, ‘Atlantis’ – a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva. The sisters are all named after the stars in the Pleiades star cluster. Tiggy’s star name is Taygete. Pa Salt had died earlier in the year and had left clues for each girl so that if they want they can discover who their parents were and the circumstances of their birth. Tiggy is her nickname after the hedgehog Mrs Tiggy-winkle from the Beatrix Potter book – and because when she was born her hair stuck up in spikes.

The book description summarises this long and detailed (769 pages) book, and I don’t intend to go into much more detail about the plot. The story begins in the Scottish Highlands where Tiggy works as a wildlife consultant, then moves to Sacromente in Spain, then onto Portugal, South America and New York before moving back to the Highlands as Tiggy finds out about her birth and her family history.

The modern day story is interesting, about her work on the Kinnaird Estate (based on Alladale Wilderness Reserve), but I felt that her relationship with the Laird was rather naive, and at the end of the book how that was resolved felt contrived. But I loved the episodes in which Tiggy meets Chilly, and those with the deer and the white stag. Chilly is the old gypsy, who she befriended. He calls her ‘Hotchiwitchi’, Romany for hedgehog, and tells her that she has a special gift in her hands to heal animals. He also tells her that she should go to the seven caves of Sacromente, where she was born. Tiggy sees a white stag, which she calls Pegasus and tries to protect him from poachers, when news got out he was on the Estate. White stags are revered; there a several myths about them – one being that Tiggy’s mythical counterpart, Taygete, who was a companion of the Greek deity Artemis, ‘the Mistress of Animals’, was being pursued by and to protect her Artemis turned her into a doe.

But the most interesting and fascinating part of the book for me is the story of Tiggy’s , grandmother, Lucia Amaya-Albaycin, who became a famous flamenco dancer. She is the dominant character in the book, and not a particularly likeable character as she was totally self-absorbed, and obsessed with furthering her career. Flamenco dancing was her passion and took priority over everything else.

Lucia was also born in in a cave in Sacromonte, the sacred mountain just outside the eastern city walls of Granada in Andalusia, within sight of the Alhambra. She was a ‘gitano’ and lived her life to dance. She was born in poverty and her family struggled to survive. During the Spanish Civil War their neighbourhood was devastated, suffering famine and hardship – one of Lucia’s brothers was imprisoned in terrible conditions. She and her father, together with their troupe of dancers fled to Portugal and then went to Argentina and eventually on to New York, where Lucia was forced to choose between her career and the man she loved. But the spirit of the ‘duende’, possessed her as it surged up from the soles of her feet as she danced, encompassing her whole body, and soaring out of her soul.

Lucinda Riley is a wonderful storyteller and her descriptions of the grandeur and beauty of both Granada and the Scottish Highlands entranced me.They are so beautifully and vividly described that I was transported back in time and place, seeing the events unfold before my eyes.

Many thanks to the the publishers via NetGalley for my digital review copy.

Book 5 in the Seven Sisters series and yet again another 5⭐️ read from me. I absolutely adore this series. This book tells the story of the fifth sister Tiggy. After the death of Pa Salt Tiggy goes to work on an estate in the Scottish highlands where she is helping take care of the animals. She meets an old gypsy man there and he tells her she is descended from Spanish gypsies. Wanting to find out more about her past Tiggy travels to Spain to try and trace her relatives.

The story alternates between past and present and we are taken on a journey through Spain, North and South America. This book was an absolute joy to read . I loved reading about the Spanish gypsies and their life way back in time and how much they loved flamenco and fiestas. This story had me completely enthralled and I was captivated by the whole story and Tiggys quest to discover her ancestors.

The task of repopulating the senior library has been an exciting and daunting task aS in a boarding school our aim is to encourage all members of the community to read. Because of this, I have been searching down a wide and diverse range of books to read that will entice a wide cross-section of the school to come in, browse and find books that they love.
Books like this will ensure that the senior students in the school see the library as a diverse, modern and exciting place with books that speak to them and they want to recommend to their friends, classmates, teachers and tutors.
It is an engrossing and exciting read with fully-formed characters and a plot that ensures that it's hard to look away. It is as far from formulaic as it is possible to be and kept me up far too late in order to finish it. I immediately wanted to read all of this writer's other books as I loved their voice and found that it really drew me into the story and made me think about it even when I'd stepped away from this tale.
This is a thought-provoking read which I'm sure will be a popular and well-read addition to our new library; I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to read it and I know that the students are going to absolutely love it too!

This fifth installment of the "sisters" series is just as captivating as the previous ones. It is easy to see why this is one of the most popular series amongst borrowers at my library.

Fifth in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley, ‘The Moon Sister’ is the story of Tiggy, wildlife conservationist and warm-hearted introvert. Each of the D’Apliese sisters is different with diverse skills, interests and hugely varying birth stories. Tiggy’s story alternates between a Highland estate where she is managing the rewilding of Scottish wildcats, and the flamenco world in Spain during the 1930s.
The Kinnaird Estate is a beautiful, isolated, wild place. The four wild cats move into their custom-built enclosure and Tiggy moves into a shared estate cottage with fellow worker Cal. Riley builds the Kinnaird community quickly and skilfully from new Laird Charlie to housekeeper Beryl and old retainer Chilly. It is Chilly – speaking in a muddled mixture of English, Spanish and Romani – who introduces the first hints of premonition, seeing and herbal remedies. He tells Tiggy she has healing hands. Caught up in the twists and turns of the Kinnaird family, the frictions in Charlie and Ulrika’s marriage and their tempestuous daughter Zara, Tiggy grieves for Pa Salt and is curious about her own birth family. In his farewell letter, Pa Salt tells her she comes from a gifted line of seers. She must go to Granada in Spain, to the gypsy area called Sacromonte, where she must knock on a blue door and ask for Angelina. Tiggy delays, unsure of the truth, attracted to Charlie. But when she is injured in a poaching incident on the estate, Tiggy feels upset, confused and wronged. She flies to Granada. This is a quick reminder that Tiggy, who lives the most normal, ordinary life of the sisters so far, is far from a normal girl and when times get tough, the D’Apliese wealth is ever-present.
The second storyline is that of Lucia, Tiggy’s grandmother, who rises from a tiny girl living in deepest poverty in Sacromonte to a world-famous flamenco dancer. Though Tiggy’s character and situation is appealing, I found Lucia a more difficult character. By nature energetic and stubborn, Lucia turns into a selfish, spoiled woman who rides roughshod over others. Exploited by her feckless father who keeps control of her money and career, Lucia’s few moments of caring for others were not enough for me to warm to her. But the world in which she lives, the Sacromonte community, the gypsy brujas, and the violence and depravities of the Spanish Civil War were fascinating to read. As with the stories of the other sisters, Riley concentrates most of the birth family story on a generation further back than the birth parents and there were times when I longed for less flamenco and more bruja. I also wanted to know Chilly’s story and how he came to work on a Scottish estate.
There are more teasers in this book about the truth of Pa Salt’s identity and death, but nothing concrete. There is also the reappearance of Zed Eszu, who can only be described as a sleazy millionaire cad, who first appeared in Maia’s story. What lies behind his fascination with the six D’Apliese sisters. And is Pa Salt really dead?
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A really enjoyable read. The Moon Sister (number 5 in the series of The Seven Sisters) is about Tiggy D’Aplièse, one of 6 girls adopted from around the globe by an elusive billionaire, Pa Salt. This magical book takes you from the snowy Scottish Highlands to Sacramonte in Grenada. Present and past mingle easily throughout the book as Tiggy moves from the beloved animals on the Kinnaird estate in the Highlands in search of long lost family. I loved the story and the characters and I miss Tiggy!!

Part of a series of seven books, not the strongest so far but still very entertaining and enjoyable. I very much look forward to the next "Sister" book.

rather think that this is my favourite of the Seven Sisters stories so far. Maybe due to the fact it's in my neck of the woods. Aviemore and Inverness are mentioned. For your records the Inverness hospital is called Raigmore. Both timeline stories for Tiger are very interesting and so are the love matches. Good news about another sister is in this storyline too but you have to read it yourself to find out more

Being the fifth book in the series, you’d expect there to be a whole load of catch up but there isn’t. We jump straight in with Tiggy, and just Tiggy. I loved her story, especially learning about her ancestors. I connected with Tiggy on a level that I didn’t with the other sisters so far.

What I liked about Tiggy. That she never ignored the world around her. She was in tune with nature, and the animals. She’s the sort of person I would be friends with, and that’s how I felt at the end of the book. Like I was leaving a friend. I don’t feel like her chemistry existed with Charlie. For me, it felt a bit stilted and forced. It didn’t feel natural. Chemistry with Cal on the otherhand was definitely there. I felt that there was more connection there, and more feeling there than between Tiggy and Charlie.

I liked the majority of the characters from Tiggy’s timeline. Especially Cal and Chilly. I wish we had more time with both. Jumping to Lucia’s timeline, the character’s were more lively, more passionate. Lucia was a force to be reckoned with, and against the calmness of Maria and Menique she was such a vibrant character.

With Lucia’s timeline, we travel from Granada, to Portugal, to South America, to New York, and then back to Granada. There is some amazing settings, and some amazing descriptive writing to help us imagine what it was really like for the Gitano’s and how they were treated by the Payos.

I think that Lucia is one of my favourite past timelines in this series of books. She’s full of life, energy, and passionate about her dance. Essentially, she’s a Diva and not afraid to show it.

Lucina Riley’s writint style is fantastic as also, and is gripping, and has left me wanting more. I cannot wait for Book 6, The Sun Sister. Electra’s story is going to be intense, and that’s just from reading the final chapter of this book.

I can’t really find the words that I want for this review…. It’s such fantastic story, about 2 completely different women. Tiggy and Lucia are the opposite of each other, but you can see the determination from both of them. They both want to do what they love, but they have to fight for it.

This was a really good and exciting book it flowed really well and all the characters were very well written as usual .

After having read all the seven sisters books to present date I found this one very easy to put down,I was bored which I found surprising after having so enjoyed the previous ones. I do hope the next one will follow in previous footsteps and give a totally engaging read.

Another epic installment of the Seven Sisters series. I looked forward to reading The Moon Sister and I was not disappointed. For the first time in the series I encountered a principal character I couldn’t warm to, the headstrong and selfish Lucía, with the result I did not enjoy the historical section of the story.
This was not the strongest book in the Seven Sisters saga, but I am very much looking forward to Electra’s story in the next installment. Thank you Lucinda Riley and NetGalley for a great read!

Absolutely fabulous book, the fifth in the Seven Sisters series, I now must read 2,3 & 4! Although so far there are five consecutive books, having read 1 & 5 I would say that each one can be read as a stand-alone book. Great writing, wonderful characters and I can honestly say that I felt myself transported to the time and place. Highly recommended.

Tiggy has taken a job in the wilds of Scotland trying to establish native wildcats back on the estate of the Laird Charlie but while she is there she meets Chilly an old gypsy who is dying but tells her that she had the sixth sense and that it his destiny to return her to her family in Spain. As this matches the coordinates that her late adopted father Pa Salt left for her to find her birth mother she sets off for Spain and we are transported back to the gypsy caves where her family lived and the greatest flamenco dancers of all time..... but will she be able to leave all this behind again and return to Charlie?

Another great book in this series, my only problem is that it will be a year again till we get the next one! It is probably my favourite series of books ever as each one is so different but you still get the links to the previous ones..... and of course the tantalising glimpses of Pa Salt in each one

This is a wonderful book which begins in the Highlands of Scotland, when Tiggy arrives on Kinnaird Estate to look after the animals and to help breed wildcats. Being Scottish, I was interested as soon as I knew where this story began. But, early in the story, Tiggy meets a gypsy who sets her on an adventure to discover where she came from. Her quest takes her from the Highlands to Spain, South America and then New York and along the way, she discovers an exotic and interesting past.

This is an absolute TOME of a book - fair warning, it's maybe one best for holiday reading so you can really get your teeth into it!

I hadn't read any of the other books in the "Seven Sisters" series but this book stands well on it's own, so don't let it put you off if you're in the same boat that I was!

I've removed one star because I found this very slow to begin with and it took a fair bit of perseverance to get into this one, but perhaps that's because I'm not used to reading such long books!

Another great book in the series by Lucinda Riley. I liked how the author weaves the past into the present and the plot twists and changes through the ages. very well done. Highly recommend.

Absolutely loved this beautiful tale of Tiggy and her intriguing backstory. Various aspects are intertwined beautifully and told in an engaging and informative style.

From the wilds of Scotland to the depths of Andalusia, this book draws you into its magic. Although I loved Ally’s tale, I think this vies for my favourite star sister book...

5* loved it

Lucinda Riley is one of my favourite authors and I have read the other books in this series. It was an atmospheric read and gave insight into another way of life. I really enjoyed this book and the story line.

Thefifth in the series and in true form a ‘big read’. Tiggy has a way with animals and goes to work on an estate in Scotland helping introduce wild cats. There she meets several characters who will have a lasting effect on her life. Chilly is an old man who has the ‘gift of sight’ from his gitano background. Through his sayings Tilly sets off to find out her birth heritage. This book takes you on a journey in time and place and provides an insight into flamenco dancing and gitano life and is a book of contrasts.