Helpful Score: 1
Entertaining read. Great story line, with twists and turns along the way.
Helpful Score: 1
I so wanted to enjoy this book. I loved Jean Stone's BEACH ROSES and have really been looking forward to reading more of her books.
Unfortunately, TRUST FUND BABIES just never pulled me in. It wasn't nearly as well-written as BEACH ROSES (which was a later book). Three cousins, living very different lives, are visited by the secretary of the executor of their trusts and informed that the executor absconded with their money. Sounds interesting enough, right?
Well. I read the first 70 pages and found I had no interest in what would happen in the rest; I had to skim through to the end.
The characters, the way their stories were being told, simply failed to hold my interest. The secretary began as such an unnecessary focal character. 70 pages in, and it still didn't seem to make sense that her life was getting so much page time.
I'm still willing to read more by Jean Stone, but I think I'll stick with her newer releases.
Unfortunately, TRUST FUND BABIES just never pulled me in. It wasn't nearly as well-written as BEACH ROSES (which was a later book). Three cousins, living very different lives, are visited by the secretary of the executor of their trusts and informed that the executor absconded with their money. Sounds interesting enough, right?
Well. I read the first 70 pages and found I had no interest in what would happen in the rest; I had to skim through to the end.
The characters, the way their stories were being told, simply failed to hold my interest. The secretary began as such an unnecessary focal character. 70 pages in, and it still didn't seem to make sense that her life was getting so much page time.
I'm still willing to read more by Jean Stone, but I think I'll stick with her newer releases.
