Booking passage on the Lusitania or any ship during WWI would not seem like a good idea to me, but Caroline Hochstetter and Gilbert needed to get closer, and figured this would be a wonderful way to help their relationship. Did Gilbert really agree to the reason they were going on the Lusitania or did he have ulterior motives?Along with Caroline and Gilbert on a ship in waters that German submarines were prowling, we meet Tess, a female thief, who needed to steal valuable music sheets to pay her...

This book was a 2 ½ rounded up to a 3. My review is going to be different from many that I’ve read so far. This book first had me disliking it, then liking it, then disliking it again. It didn’t help I guess that I had just watched Titanic with my granddaughter for about the 10th time. Here’s what I thought.There is such an extensive blurb for this book that I will just give you snippets of what the book is about. There are three different narrators, two that will be aboard the Lusitania in the

Three different narratives, one sinking ship. What is not to love here? This story is centered around the sinking of The Lusitania ship and is told in present day from a writer investigating a distant family member who was aboard, and two women, both of whom are hiding something - albeit very different things! I can say with confidence you will greatly enjoy watching how all three stories converge throughout this beautiful novel.I received an advance copy. All opinions are my own.

In 2013 author Sarah Blake is struggling to come up with an idea for her book to follow on from the successful Small Potatoes. Finances are tight, especially given the expense needed for the care of her mother who has Alzheimer’s. Sarah needs an idea soon. Even her agent is losing patience with her. When she opens an old chest containing belongings from her great grandfather who died in 1915, it sparks an idea. But is requires research to a journey to England to enlist the help of disgraced memb...

4 absorbing stars to The Glass Ocean! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ I’m a fan of each of these authors, and when they joined forces previously to co-author The Forgotten Room, magic happened multiplied by three. My brief gushing review of The Forgotten Room is on Goodreads. The Glass Ocean is a historical mystery blending time and place across three narrators, two a century in the past, and one in the present. In 1915, Caroline Telfair Hochstetter is a southern belle married to Gilbert, who was once attentive to

EXCERPT: When I wasn't in a hurry, when I was just strolling or even sitting on a bench, eating a hot dog with ketchup and mustard but no onion, I liked to study them, my fellow New Yorkers. I liked to pick someone out from the crowd, some man in a suit, loosening his tie, checking his watch. I tried to divine his life, his history, the peculiar secrets hidden in his past. Mom used to tell this story about the dinner parties they once had, before Dad left, and how I used to peek through the bann...

4.5 rounded up to 5 brilliant Stars over the Glass Ocean!Several theories are still argued surrounding the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. Was she merely a British passenger ship sailing back to England through dangerous waters during their war with Germany? Was she also carrying active munitions or just shells as was stated on the ship's manifest? What caused the second blast on the opposite side of the ship directly after the torpedo hit? Some questions have been answered, some are still lef...

4.5 starsThere’s a soft spot in my heart for stories about naval disasters. I read an interesting book specifically about the Lusitania, which was sunk in 1915 by a German U boat, a few years ago. The Glass Ocean was a nice compliment to my pre-acquired knowledge of this event. However, make no mistake, the focus of this book is not so much the sinking of the Lusitania, but rather the complex relationships between several of the passengers on board. It is about war, deception and love. I won’t g...

Beatrix Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig's collaboration was flawless, beautiful, and riveting. These three authors have seamlessly woven together the lives of three strong, smart, and brave women. Caroline and Tess are two women from very different circumstances who find themselves onboard the Lusitania in May of 1915. Where they find themselves tangled up in elicit love, scandal, and beTrayal. Caroline was sophisticated and charming while Tess was feisty and tenacious, but these two la...

Three narrators, three authors and two points in history.With three experienced authors at the helm, I find myself curious how they went about this book. How did they divy up the sections, the characters, and how did they decide to write about this time period? Maybe more research will answer those questions for my intriguing frame of mind as I finish this novel.Alternating story lines take us through present day Sara Blake- an author who is looking for a new biography, one with a key to her pas...

Truly wonderful. Unputdownable. A captivating historical mystery that links the lives of 3 women - 2 from the past and 1 from the present - to the doomed passenger liner RMS Lusitania.A stunning read, beautiful and real characters: on the luxurious but I'll fated Lusitania.

THE GLASS OCEAN is a joined project by authors Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White. It's a book about the fate of three women. Two of the women were on board the doomed passenger Line, RMS Lusitania. Although they differ in class. While Caroline Telfair Hochstetter is traveling in first class is Tessa Fairweather traveling in second class. But, both women's lives will intertwine...Years later bestselling author Sarah Blake breaks her promise to her mother and often the old chest that...

There is so much to love in this beautifully written book! The glamour and sinking of the Lusitania, espionage and a love triangle. I loved reading the three different viewpoints in the story. Williams, Willig and White knocked it out of the park with The Glass Ocean!

I was so excited for The Glass Ocean, because after reading many WWII novels, and lightly touching on the sinking of this ocean liner, I honestly hadn’t read much about the Lusitania.Williams, Willig, and White do an excellent job of taking the reader back in time, and showing what it would have been like to travel in luxury among the elite. I also loved the past and present stories as the truth unravels and the mysteries surrounding the espionage and secrets are revealed.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars!*Thank...

I've given this a B+ for narration and a B for content at AudioGals. Three authors, three main characters, three narrators; The Glass Ocean is a dual timeline story from the pens of the 3Ws – Williams, Willig and White – that weaves together interconnecting stories featuring three very different woman in two different time-periods almost a century apart. I have no idea which author penned which character – and apparently it’s a very closely guarded secret – but the narration is clearly assigned,...

Chapters are divided between three female characters (Sarah, Caroline, Tess). The alternating chapters are the typical modern trend alternating between the past and present. More romance than history of the Lusitania...the Lusitania just happens to be the setting for the romantic mystery of the past. Way more romance than history.But the enigma of the romance was carefully woven, and the pieces of the love affair eventually conceive a labyrinth for Sarah trying to uncover fragments of the past.S...

This was between 3 and 4 stars. I'm not sure if I'll be rounding up or down. I like Karen White as an author. I've read many of her books. I love her way with words and her stories. I've read fewer books by Beatriz Williams. She tends to be a little too 'sweet' for me. I found that to be true here also. Everything was tied up a little too perfectly. And the 180 that Robert does at the end, just was not in any way believable. But someone wanted a red bow for him too, so 'poof' he got one. Other r...