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BOOK REVIEW: Antigoddess by Kendare Blake The story is about a young dressmaker named Sira Quiroga, who is leaving Madrid, before falling head over heels in love with a man named Ramiro.

This is an interesting read (and a moving love story also!), well-worth the time invested. Sira is a well drawn character, growing from a somewhat flighty, easily duped young girl to a cynical, intelligent agent who can spy with the best of them. Because of the complexity of the history, there are parts that move rather slowly, but it is well plotted and other parts fly by. It is packed full of historical detail and quite a bit of descriptive detail to make Morocco and Spain come alive. Recruited to be a spy, Sira returns to Madrid to navigate the dangerous world of political and military secrets. This makes her useful to people looking for information. Sira is well-positioned to provide services to the wealthy German wives, and to the wives of top Spanish officials as well. Germans have swarmed over Morocco and over Spain. (Vague hints of Mademoiselle Chanel here, but the resemblance is only passing.)Īs she settles in to her new life, new challenges arise. She returns to what she knows, sewing clothes for the wealthy, and makes a name for herself as a designer/dressmaker. This courageous, beautiful, strong woman is able to rise from the wreckage with the help of kind strangers who become friends. Sira finds herself abandoned and penniless in a foreign place where she knows no one, and she is unable to return home. But everything changes when she meets an older, handsome, seductive charmer who sweeps her away to the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco on the eve of the Spanish Civil War.

The poor daughter of a single mother, she was raised to be a seamstress. Sira Quiroga seems destined for a quiet life in Madrid. Maria Duenas - The Time in Between, Paperback - The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to.

María dueñas the time in between