Name: Zoya
ISBN: 9789875661608

Danielle Steel

Zoya

In exile from her native Russia, Zoya, a cousin to the czar, survives the century's disasters as she moves from fortune to fortune and from love to new love

Lacy W

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tw: epidemic of measles, hemophilia, mentions of war, mentions of murder, death, mental illness portrayed in an unsavory light, questionable age gap in a couple, threats of child abuse, mentions of abortion, war, mentions of the holocaust, anti Semitism

This will be a pretty short review as I don’t have much to say about this book. I’m attempting to get through my massive book collection and so I’m rereading pre-goodreads books and writing reviews on them. I’m reading a bunch of Danielle Steel as well so I can give the ones I don’t care for to my mom. I got a lot going on. 

This book was alright. It wasn’t anything special. I remember loving this book because it was a russian main character who was a dancer, things I still love reading about to this day. It’s also a typical riches to rags to riches story, if there is such a thing. Zoya was a beloved member of the royal family and when the revolution happened, she had to escape. This is the story of her life after that. 

Overall, this is a good filler book if you are looking for something in between books. It’s a rather large book in terms of page number but the good thing with Danielle Steel, is that her books, no matter how big, reads fairly quick. This only took me a couple of days to read.

Hannah

Rating: 4.8 stars.

- Characters: 4.5 stars.
- Plot: 4.5 stars.
- Setting: 5 stars.

I loved this book! It's not something I would normally read, but I was gifted it from a friend for my birthday. It starts out with a seventeen year old Zoya, living in St. Petersburg. Her cousin is the Tsar, so she lives in luxury. But that all changes in a very short moment.

Let's start with the characters. I loved most of the characters! There was a few, one is particular, that I wasn't that fond of. What also kind of ticked me off was that every man Zoya met was in love with her. It got slightly ridiculous after a little while.

The plot. I thought the plot was slightly slow, but it worked for this particular story. The only reason I docked half of a star was because I felt that it was kind of back and forth, and the story started to repeat itself a little. She went from being rich to poor more than once in the novel.

The setting is last. I thoroughly LOVED the setting! It takes place in St. Petersburg at first, which is cool, then moves onto Paris, which is such a fascinating place, than it moves on to New York City, where I want to go to college and live someday. So, I loved the setting with all my heart. Each place added so much to the story, it was sometimes hard to remember that Zoya was going through tough times.

Overall, this story will remain as one of my favorites, and I recommend to everyone who loves historical fiction! 

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