Heiress (Daughters of Fortune, #1)

by Susan May Warren

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Even though I only gave it two stars, I'm sure other people would like this book. It's well written; I liked the way it stretched across time and the shifts in society and culture that created was almost interesting.

At first the whole thing seemed so predictable. And it was because everything I expected, happened. But then the story twisted and I found that almost innovative.

I only had two issues with it.
1 - there was too much description. Which is exactly the sort of thing other people would really enjoy. They would like how thoroughly she evoked the setting and history. I got distracted reading a paragraph detailing the types of trees out her window or the types of cars in the motor race. I'm just not a description person.

2 - I couldn't stand Jinx. The choices she made after the twist completely galled. I knew she was going to be redeemed and still I couldn't stand her. I almost thought I couldn't stand Esme when I thought she was going to do the same thing, but then she didn't. How do you have everything you want right in front of you, everything working out so perfectly and turn away from it? It's so antithetical to everything in me I almost couldn't stand it.. That, more than anything, is why I gave it two stars. I don't care how it ended, reading it bothered me.