Book #4: "The American Heiress" ...Finished!!!

Book #4 "The American Heiress" by Daisy Goodwin: "Cora shook her head. 'Well, have you ever known someone who is nice and nasty, who makes you love them one minute and hate them the next? Who makes you feel wonderful and terrible and you never know which one it is going to be?'" page 432
    "The American Heiress" was, like most the books I tend to read, a time period book based in 1893 at the start of our story and follows the beautiful, spirited and not to mention richest girl in America; Cora Cash. 
     Cora's mother is determined to marry off her daughter to the best possible match so she take her to Europe, hoping Cora will catch the eye of a Prince or at least someone equally worthy. Within days of them being there Cora dose meet a Duke and within days of meeting her he proposes..from then on its all ups and downs the entire time as poor Cora tries her best to fit in with all the English ways and try to see what are truths and what are lies in this new world that she seems to have suddenly found herself in. 
     The plot was actually very good so I was pleasantly surprised, which is always nice. The one flaw I would say that I found a bit frustrating was that Goodwin spent a lot of time emphasizing the fact that Cora was a strong independent kind of woman, and yet throughout the story we see time and time again that she is getting pushed around or taken advantage of by someone or another. It just was a bit sad to never see her stand up for herself. However on the other hand I guess I see where Goodwin is coming from with the whole trying to make her seem more willing to do things other peoples ways in order to better fit into the life of a Duchess that she now has.
    So in short if you are into the whole time period books thing I would highly recommend this one for you. Now moving on... NEXT BOOK #5 is "The Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs. I will admit to the fact now that I HAVE NO IDEA what this book is about. My older sister pointed it out at the Goodwill and said she enjoyed it so if it sucks we will blame her? Yep, sounds like a plan.    
  
   So that is all for now, 
       Michaela Jane      

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