L'orchidée sauvage

Daughters of Eden Trilogy #2

by Various, Michèle Pernoud (Translator), Jérôme Pernoud (Translator)

En ce début de XXe siècle, après trois années de pensionnat en Angleterre, Sophie Monroe regagne la plantation familiale en Jamaïque. A dix-neuf ans, elle est pétillante, fière et passionnée, trop peut-être pour une communauté coloniale repliée sur elle-même et sur ses principes.
Ses liens avec ses amis d'enfance, la belle métisse Evie, et Ben, le palefrenier, dérangent. D'autant plus que, depuis leurs retrouvailles, Ben et Sophie sont irrésistiblement attirés l'un par l'autre. Si la jeune fille n'est pas de celles qui renoncent, Ben, lui, croit cet amour impossible : Sophie, par sa naissance, ne lui sera jamais destinée.
Leur passion réussira-t-elle à triompher des préjugés ?

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Historical Romance, Chick Lit

599 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

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Reviews

[Ieva]

Pati vien esmu vainīga, ka izvēlējos lasīt otro grātmau triloģijā (grāmatu kluba mēneša tēma reizēm liek rīkoties pretēji ieradumiem un loģikai), bet vismaz trešdaļu lasot pakausī bija tāds apjukums, ka man droši vien vajadzētu jau zināt lietas, ko nezinu - kaut arī autore diezgan daudz atgādināja (nu vai pastāstīja kā jaunumu tādiem kā man). Ja ir interese šo lasīt un iespēja- droši vien labāk būtu sākt ar pirmo.
Interesants ieskats Jamaikas vēsturē un sarežģītajās rasu un dažādo sabiedrības slāņu savstarpējās attiecībās.

[Redfox5]

Much better than I thought it would be. I judged this on its cover and wasn't thrilled about reading it. Now I think I'll have to get hold of the first and the thrid one. The world has changed so much from the late 1800's/early 1900's. I can't even imagen things being like that with so much emphases on your class and race(tho I know it still goes on). Although I did like Sophie as a main character I actually perfered Evie. I can only hope her story is told in one of the other books. Good read.

[Lina]

Interesting book that gives you a glimpse into old and superstitious times. The characters weren't too deep (maybe because I haven't read the first part of the trilogy) but it didn't bother me as it read easily during my afternoon and evening commute on a train.

If I ever have a chance I will read the other trilogy books but at this point I wouldn't get out of my way.

[Colleen Wong]

I liked reading about my country Jamaica so far back the history and to know or have a feel of what it once was so pure and clean (putting the backras aside). Of course I bought book two not knowing that there was a book one so it's back to reading.

[Karina Van Den Eynden]

Wunderful book .... so romantic ....

[Oana-Maria Uliu]

Not quite so good as The Shadow Catcher, imo. Not well balanced in terms of pacing. I also disliked the MMC's behaviour at some point.

[Lis Pagh]

Dansk tekst: Sophies arv

[Cindy]

Vuurvlinder is het tweede deel in de Eden-trilogie, maar is prima op zichzelf te lezen. Het is een meeslepend verhaal over het vroegere Jamaica en de heersende klassenverschillen die zijn overgebleven na afloop van het slaventijdperk. En hoewel iedereen uit de hogere klasse zich degelijk voor wil doen, spelen wraak en afgunst daar een grote rol en zit een schandaal in een klein hoekje. Sophie wordt als een erg innemend hoofdpersonage neergezet en je kunt je als lezer dan ook gemakkelijk inleven in – en meeleven met – haar verhaal. Een verhaal vol herinneringen, intriges, liefde en vergeving.

Zie Banger Sisters voor mijn volledige recensie:
http://www.bangersisters.nl/entertain...

[Xenia Pavlidou]

💕 Ben Kelly & Sophie Monroe 💕


Book 1: The Shadow Catcher
Book 2: Fever Hill
Book 3: The Serpent's Tooth

[Josie]

I wasn't expecting to like this as much as The Shadow Catcher because it focuses on Sophie, not Madeleine, but I think in the end I liked Sophie more than her sister. I know Madeleine just wants to do the right thing, but Sophie doesn't want to let society's expectations and opinions stop her from doing what she wants to do, which you've got to admire. This story was desperately sad in parts, but also moving and funny, and I couldn't stop thinking about it after I'd finished reading it.

[Marita]

Šī grāmata ir turpinājums pirms gada lasītajai šis autores grāmata "Ēnu gūstā" par Monro māsām. Varbūt pat ir labi, ka starp abām daļā bija tik liels laika periods,jo ja būtu lasījusi uzreiz pēc pirmās kopsavilkuma nodaļu, tad iespējams iespaids būtu pavisam savādāks, tomēr šajā reizē, tas patīkami atsvaidzināja atmiņā pagājušos notikumus.
Tieši tāpat kā pirmā daļa tik pat viegli lasījās un sižets patiesi aizrāva.

[Fareeha]

Read only the first three chapters and they were enough to convince me that it was a rambling, boring tale. Even the protagonists were 'forcing' their relationship (and I don't mean it literally the way it sounds :P!)

[CLM]

Outstanding historical fiction. Unfortunately, the author now seems to be concentrating on a sort of juvenile version of Jean Auel.

[Dani Angel]

Just OK for me, I struggled through it, it didn't keep my attention, out of all the characters, the best developed was Ben.