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Heiress (2011)

by Susan May Warren(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1609362187 (ISBN13: 9781609362188)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Summerside Press

series

Daughters of Fortune

review 1: This book was an emotional roller coaster! I cannot even believe the things that happened. One bad thing after another yet you always have hope that something good is rounds the corner. Will there be a happy ending? Will everyone just end up dead? My oh my. I hated and loved this story all at the same time. I'm still not sure if I'd tell someone to read it. How about this, if you like drama, read it! If you don't care for dramatic story's, do not read it.
review 2: So once again, not reading the details and descriptions of a book found me pages deep in a Christian historical fiction. I soldiered on because I didn't feel like it was overpoweringly Christian. As a matter of fact, the religious portions of the novel were inserted almost as revelations, or closur... moree for the 4 (?) specific sections of the book, so you could almost scan through and not miss anything except the Christian parts. And to be honest, the Christian parts were really about being a good person and not letting poor choices rule who you are or what you deserve. Being grateful for what you have because the love of God is more precious - I mean that isn't so bad is it?What I liked was a well told, well written, historical novel. The time period was a new one for me in historical fiction, and I really enjoyed it. I loved the transformation that happens in this novel from the formal ways of the late 19th century to the post WWI years, with a pretty impressive societal shift that I haven't seen done. The development and pace of the story were good. I enjoyed seeing the characters realize the repercussions of their actions and learn to be better people. That was a prevalent theme in this book. It was believable, with a good pace, no excessive inner monologues, and had a good plot(s).**Spoilers start here, sorry I couldn't fully express myself without doing this.** I liked the story, but there were some frustrating factors that I couldn't ignore. 1. There is no explanation whatsoever for Fosters behavior change towards Jinx until well into their story. I really felt like that was a gaping hole. He was openly flirting with Jinx before the wedding and then a cold hearted bastard. It made me so mad too because I had already typed him as a Colin Firth in my mind and then he turns out to be this horrible man. I get it, cold hearted bastards don't happen over night, but that needed more attention to justify the transformation. (I had to completely transform his image before I finished the book into some globular thing that somewhat resembled Darcy) 2. I really felt like the author delivered too much pain to these characters. I guess this goes back to needing to have the Christian message to address, but it was infuriating. I was into the story for the first sisters wedding, then the author broke my heart. I was into the story with Oliver, then the author broke my heart. I was into Bennett, and the author broke my heart. I was into Daughtry (hell I could have even been into Able) and the author broke my heart - this one was especially painful. And then come to the ending when all of the story lines come back together and there is more? Seriously? These women went through so much: dysfunctional family, forced marriages, abuse, repression - ugh, it was an emotional roller coaster, and not all of the bad things needed to happen to get the message across. While I really did like the book, I hesitate to consider reading the next in the series because I'm not sure I want to put myself through that again. I know, not very Christian, right? less

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