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The Storyteller.
BY KATHRYN WILLIAMS
Was Anastasia one of your favorite childhood movies? It was one of mine! That’s what drew me to this book. It’s a super interesting take and investigation into the famed princess.
Jess finds her Aunt’s late diaries and dives into the mystery of if she really was the princess or if this is just an elaborate story. She recruits a captivating partner fluent in Russian to help her translate the diary passages and the mysterious journey begins.
This book jumps back and forth over two time periods - the 2000s when Jess finds the passages, and then the years in history before the supposed assassination of the Romanov family where Anna’s voice tells all. You explore the idea that Anastasia really did escape and lived a secret life. You get a glimpse of history. You get a coming of age, finding oneself and finding love story for Jess. And when you bring the two tales of two intriguing women of the same lineage together - you get a really good book. The main character, Jess, is super relatable. You can’t help but to fall for Evan, the main man. And Anna’s passages! Those are the BEST part of the book. You have to like a dual timeline (which I do). If you do - you will love this one. And you may just want to watch the movie Anastasia again when you’re done.
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THE STORYTELLER
BY KATHRYN WILLIAMS
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THE STORYTELLER.
This story follows a teenage girl’s quest to uncover the truth behind her secretive great aunt Anna, who just might be the long lost Russian princess Anastasia.
It’s not every day you discover you might be related to Anastasia…or that the tragic princess actually survived her assassination attempt and has been living as the woman you know as Aunt Anna.
For Jess Morgan, who is growing tired of living her life to please everyone else, discovering her late aunt’s diaries shows her she’s not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt truly a Romanov princess? Or is this some elaborate hoax?
With the help of a supremely dorky, but undeniably cute, local college student named Evan, Jess digs into the century-old mystery.
But soon Jess realizes there’s another, bigger truth waiting to be revealed: Jess Morgan. Because if she’s learned anything from Aunt Anna, it’s that only you can write your own story.
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