This novel for me has both bad and good characteristics. Good side is prevailing, but with good, critical editor this story about the all things complicated (family) relationships could be quite bettered.

As for the "wrongdoings" - the story is prolonged and at times can feel as dragging. Also, I would completely rewrite all the revelations from the last chapters into something believable. My brows has been touching my hairline in disbelief concerning some "secrets".

Otherwise - some parts are so well-written, touching and well-observed, too! All families are complicated and the Promises and their friends and acquaintances are no exception. What I love about this novel is the vulnerability with which these people are written. Their hearts lie open in front of us. They are so relatable in their insecurities - and they (and we with them) need to recognize their strengths and to truly value their giving hearts.

I have enjoyed this novel very much (the last chapters are exception to this, but somre gold nuggets are hidden even there). I'd still say that this is a good beach read, entertaining and offering some quality food for thought.
I plan to read more from Ms Bostwick.

Unable to stay interested. Didn't read. Just not my kind of book. This is NOT a criticism of the book. I cannot fairly review something I didn't read. I just wasn't interested after all.

Thank you to Net Galley and Kensington Press for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I absolutely loved this book, read it in one sitting. The Promise Girls are three sisters who were raised as child prodigies, one musician, one artist and one writer. Their mother said they were test tube experiments and engineered to be geniuses. She spends their childhood raising them to be extraordinary and writes a book about them. Then it all falls apart.
The book picks up in their present adult lives and focuses on what happens to former child prodigies as adults. Each daughter isn't living up to their promise, but just living ordinary lives. Then one of them gets into a car accident and is suffering from temporary amnesia and a ton of medical bills. Enter Hal, who wants to make a film chronicling the Promise Sisters, which will help with the bills, but not with the closely held secrets each sister is keeping. This was an emotional and powerful story about the ties that bind a family together, through the good and the bad.

EXCERPT: Three weeks into the book tour, Joanie still isn't used to the silence of television studios, ponderous silence that feels like being closed in a concrete box with wall so thick no noise from the outside world can penetrate, just as no sound emanating inside can escape. Joanie can scream as loud as she wants and no one will hear her.

Joanie, Meg, and Avery, and their mother sit in upholstered side chairs, like the ones you see in the waiting rooms of doctors offices, motionless, waiting. Avery is so little her feet can't touch the floor, but she doesn't kick her legs or even fidget.

The audience is still as well. They stare at Joanie and her little sisters in a way that makes her think about people at the zoo staring through the glass at the reptile house, waiting for the snakes to do something interesting.

Soon they will - she will. If she doesn't lose her nerve.

THE BLURB: Every child prodigy grows up eventually. For the Promise sisters, escaping their mother's narcissism and the notoriety that came with her bestselling book hasn't been easy. Minerva Promise claimed that her three "test tube" daughters--gifted pianist Joanie, artistic Meg, and storyteller Avery--were engineered and molded to be geniuses. In adulthood, their modest lives fall far short of her grand ambitions. But now, twenty years after the book's release, she hopes to redeem herself by taking part in a new documentary.

Meg, who hasn't picked up a paintbrush in years, adamantly refuses to participate, until a car accident leaves her with crushing medical bills. While she recuperates in Seattle, the three sisters reluctantly meet with filmmaker Hal Seeger, another former prodigy. Like them, he's familiar with the weight of failed potential. But as he digs deeper, he uncovers secrets they've hidden from each other--and a revelation that will challenge their beliefs, even as it spurs them to forge their own extraordinary lives at last.

MY THOUGHTS: Family secrets and lies. Always a winner with me, especially when it is as well written and captivating as The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick. This is the first time I have read anything by this author, but it won't be the last. She will be joining my very short list of 'go to' authors for when I want a rest from the murder and mystery that is my normal fare.

I can say it no better than this- "Reading Marie Bostwick is like wrapping yourself up in a warm, hand-crafted quilt. Her books, rich in character and plot, are stitched together by a skilled wordsmith." --Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Bostwick has woven a captivating story around a very different type of family. And she has done it well, giving us a look at a childhood that under no circumstances could be termed normal, until it all blows up in their faces, and then we meet the sisters again as adults, all living lives very different than what we might have expected.

Thank you to Kensington Books via Netgalley for providing a digital copy of The Promise Girls for review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own. Please refer to my Goodreads.com profile page or the 'about' page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com for an explanation of my rating system. This review and others are also published on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com

Great book, easy read… Held my attention and was sad to see it end. Thanks for the opportunity to read it!

The music filled every part of her, flooding into her empty spaces, salving the aches she had ignored for so long that aching that begun to feel like her natural state. It was not. She was not meant to live simply to endure, but to thrive, to create, and in doing so reflect the glory of creation itself, and the Creator who had fashioned her for this purpose.

Sometimes you get in your hand a book that you don't want to end. You love the characters, the plot and you know that there is more...so much more. I don't get that often in a book. I may like it, enjoy it but many times I am ready to move on to the next best thing but this one touched me.

It all stems from the Promise sisters. All three sisters are gifted in their fields of music, art, and literature. All thanks to their mother who playing god, chose a father for each child that would excel in the art world. Joanie played the piano and was the eldest. Then there was Meg who was an artist and Avery who was a writer. Their mother Minerva which her name comes from Roman mythology who is the goddess of wisdom and patroness of the arts, drove her daughters to perfection.

The day came on national TV on the Today Show that comparison, competition and perfection, the toxic trio was to much for Joanie that she purposely made her mother look bad and with her mother's reaction, their lives changed. Their story begins with the aftermath years later with Meg married with a young daughter, Joanie single with son ready to graduate high school and Avery trying to find her nitch. All three life with the pain of a identity crisis and how to move forward. When one of the sisters suffers a tragic accident, they must face their past and the secrets that can free them.

I try not to give to much away, but there is so much to these women that is engaging and delightful. Probably one of my favorites for 2017.

A Special Thank You to Kensington and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

another masterpiece by ms bostwick. have recommended this novel to all of my reading friends and local libraries.

Thank you thank you to Netgalley for the ARC of this wonderful book! Bostwick has written a terrific novel with a huge heart. All three sisters= Avery, Joanie, and Meg-leap off the page, as does Asher with his long hair, Walt with his reenactments, Trina with her stars, and Hal with his own past. Nothing is forced here, which makes it all the more special. There are ups and downs for all of them, especially Avery (no spoilers) but it all rings true. There are some twists and a surprise of two along the way. I loved this book and highly recommend it for a good old fashioned story telling read!

The Promise Girls

Marie Bostwick



Oh how I loved THE PROMISE GIRLS! Meg, Joanie, and Avery are sisters who were test tube babies and raised by their single mother. Minerva, their mother, wrote a book about them and how they are child protégés. Joanie, who plays the piano, decides one day, to defy her mother and totally messes up her piano recital during a nationally televised show. Now their lives will never be the same. Minerva smacks Joanie right on TV and starts screaming at her. They take the girls away from her and they enter the foster care system.



Now, it's twenty years later and the girls have all reconnected in Seattle. They do not talk to their mother, want nothing to do with her, and are all being bugged by a producer who wants to do a documentary about them. None of them want to do it, but Meg, the middle sister, has a car accident and racks up some huge bills. She smacked into a wall on the highway and has no memory of her life before the crash. Joanie decides to make the movie to pay for Meg's hospital bills. THE PROMISE GIRLS are going to learn lots of secrets about what their mother did and the lies she told. Some of those lies are huge but none of the sisters are without their secrets either! None of them have been doing what she pushed them to do when they were younger and they find out why that is while filming the documentary.



THE PROMISE GIRLS by Marie Bostwick pulled me right in as all of Marie's books do. I loved learning about each of the sisters and found myself shaking my head reading about Minerva. The sisters are forced to confront issues and figure out why they are the way they are. The closeness these sisters share is heart warming and they always have each other's backs. Will these three sisters ever make peace with the past and their mother? Their story is a very unique one and the mystery through out had me flipping the pages like a mad woman at some points. Once I started reading THE PROMISE GIRLS it was very hard to stop. The twists and turns kept me reading late into the night. I love when an author can do that to me!

The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick is a story about child prodigies who were created in the womb for greatness, promised success, prodded by their mother. They were perfectly planned and then everything changed when one of the Promise girls decided to be not so perfect on live TV. Fast forward, twenty years later the story picks up to tell us what the Promise sisters are up to and how they are getting along. One is married, one is a single parent and the third is a mermaid. All have issues to deal with from their childhood. None of them are doing what their mother pushed them toward. The catalyst of a major life threatening accident and the need for money encourages the sisters to do a documentary that will tell the world what happened to “The Promise Girls” once they became adults.

As revelations were made about what happened after the debacle on live TV and how it impacted each of the girls, I wished that their lives could have been different. Passion and promise are not the only things that create professional superstar status. There has to be drive and will and belief in oneself that the sisters seemed to lose at points in their lives. Each sister thrived in her own way and by the end of the book all three sisters eventually were be able to enjoy their talents and gifts and realize the promise their lives held in store for the future.

I received this ARC from Kensington Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I started reading The Promise Girls and soon found that reading about Joanie, Meg, Avery and their lives, along with Minerva, their Mother just grabbed me emotionally. I couldn't put it down till I had finished reading it! The characters are endearing, engaging and humanly flawed. The plot is rich, captivating and full drama, love, joy, strife, angst and more drama. I was on an emotional roller-coaster ride throughout this whole story; who could ask for more?!

The Promise Girls is absolutely spellbinding!

Visit https://renee1-blog.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-promise-girls-by-marie-bostwick.html to read my full review.

I received this book for free. A favorable review was not required and all views expressed are my own. Thank you to Kensington Books, Ms. Bostwick and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

What are the best women's fiction romances of March?
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
-Cesare Pavese
Isn’t that the truth, that we do remember moments, be them good or bad. The commonality of this month’s selection is that character do have notable situations that affect their lives.  And these scenarios are so imaginative. From incorporating the history of Queen Mary, to utilizing early fascination with natural selection, to the despair of finding you have an terminal disease. Then there is the love, concern and worry for a child that considers herself a misfit.
Find yourself a comfortable chair, and be prepared to be entertained!

A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner
A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner
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February, 1946.World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Deveraux, the wronged daughter of a French Résistance spy.
 
Now the two women are joining hundreds of other European war brides aboard the renowned RMS Queen Mary to cross the Atlantic and be reunited with their American husbands. Their new lives in the United States brightly beckon until their tightly-held secrets are laid bare in their shared stateroom. When the voyage ends at New York Harbor, only one of them will disembark...
 
Present day. Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted Queen Mary at the request of an old friend. What she finds will set her on a course to solve a seventy-year-old tragedy that will draw her into the heartaches and triumphs of the courageous war brides—and will ultimately lead her to reconsider what she has to sacrifice to achieve her own deepest longings.
Strengths: Strong female friendships; Wonderful backdrop and settings; Engaging characters; Intriguing mystery
Measure of Love: Tablespoon
Mood: Poignant
Why You Should Read this: A very appealing story filled with hope, love and a touch of magic as four young women navigate the complexities of life, love and marriage. Perfect for readers who love reading books with both contemporary and historical settings!

The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick
The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick
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Every child prodigy grows up eventually. For the Promise sisters, escaping their mother’s narcissism and the notoriety that came with her bestselling book hasn’t been easy. Minerva Promise claimed that her three “test tube” daughters—gifted pianist Joanie, artistic Meg, and storyteller Avery—were engineered and molded to be geniuses. In adulthood, their modest lives fall far short of her grand ambitions. But now, twenty years after the book’s release, she hopes to redeem herself by taking part in a new documentary.

Meg, who hasn’t picked up a paintbrush in years, adamantly refuses to participate, until a car accident leaves her with crushing medical bills. While she recuperates in Seattle, the three sisters reluctantly meet with filmmaker Hal Seeger, another former prodigy. Like them, he’s familiar with the weight of failed potential. But as he digs deeper, he uncovers secrets they’ve hidden from each other—and a revelation that will challenge their beliefs, even as it spurs them to forge their own extraordinary lives at last.
Strengths: Unique Scenarios; Multi-faceted characters;Uplifting ending
Measure of Love: Teaspoon
Mood: Poignant
Why You Should Read this: There are plenty of twists and turns, in addition to revealing insights that explain the impetuses for some fascinating choices.

Every Wild Heart by Meg Donohue
Every Wild Heart by Meg Donohue
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Passionate and funny, radio personality Gail Gideon is a true original. Nine years ago when Gail’s husband announced that he wanted a divorce, her ensuing on-air rant propelled her local radio show into the national spotlight. Now, “The Gail Gideon Show” is beloved by millions of single women who tune-in for her advice on the power of self-reinvention. But fame comes at a price. After all, what does a woman who has staked her career on being single do when she finds herself falling in love? And is the person who is harassing her in increasingly troubling ways a misguided fan or a true danger to Gail and her daughter, Nic? 
Fourteen-year-old Nic has always felt that she pales in comparison to her vibrant, outgoing mother. Plagued by a fear of social situations, she is most comfortable at the stable where she spends her afternoons. But when a riding accident lands Nic in the hospital, she awakens from her coma changed. Suddenly, she has no fear at all and her disconcerting behavior lands her in one risky situation after another. And no one, least of all her mother, can guess what she will do next…
Strengths: Appealing characters, Multi-generational storyline; Touching animal-human bond; Uplifting ending
Measure of Love: Dash
Mood: Poignant
Why You Should Read this: If music plays an important part in your life, then you will love the integration of popular music within the storyline. In addition, the daughter’s scenario is touching and moving. Well researched information about head injuries is perfectly integrated within the storyline.

Hope Chest by Viola Shipman
Hope Chest by Viola Shipman
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The discovery of one woman’s heirloom hope chest unveils precious memories and helps three people who have each lost a part of themselves find joy once again.
Ever since she was diagnosed with ALS, fiercely independent Mattie doesn’t feel like herself. She can’t navigate her beloved home, she can’t go for a boat ride, and she can barely even feed herself. Her devoted husband, Don, doesn’t want to imagine life without his wife of nearly fifty years, but Mattie isn’t likely to make it past their anniversary.
But when Rose, Mattie’s new caretaker, and her young daughter, Jeri, enter the couple’s life, happiness and the possibility for new memories return. Together they form a family, and Mattie is finally able to pass on her memories from the hope chest she received from her mother.
With each item—including a favorite doll, family dishes, an embroidered apron, and an antique Christmas ornament—the hope chest connects Mattie, Don and Rose to each other and helps them find hope again in the face of overwhelming life challenges.
A beautiful story about the unconditional love and support of family, The Hope Chest by Viola Shipman will remind you that hope can be found where and when you least expect it
Strengths: Endearing love; Resilient characters; beautiful reminders of the history behind family treasures; Uplifting ending;
Measure of Love: Teaspoon
Mood: Poignant
Why You Should Read this: We’ve all heard the saying that you can create your own family and this book is a perfect example of three individuals coming together to create a sense of family. While the romance is shown in flashbacks, we all should be so lucky to have this type of love in our lives.  

Last Chance Matinee by Mariah Stewart
Last Chance Matinee by Mariah Stewart
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When celebrated and respected agent Fritz Hudson passes away, he leaves a trail of Hollywood glory in his wake—and two separate families who never knew the other existed. Allie and Des Hudson are products of Fritz’s first marriage to Honora, a beautiful but troubled starlet whose life ended in a tragic overdose. Meanwhile, Fritz was falling in love on the Delaware Bay with New Age hippie Susa Pratt—they had a daughter together, Cara, and while Fritz loved Susa with everything he had, he never quite managed to tell her or Cara about his West Coast family.

Now Fritz is gone, and the three sisters are brought together under strange circumstances: there’s a large inheritance to be had that could save Allie from her ever-deepening debt following a disastrous divorce, allow Des to open a rescue shelter for abused and wounded animals, and give Cara a fresh start after her husband left her for her best friend—but only if the sisters upend their lives and work together to restore an old, decrepit theater that was Fritz’s obsession growing up in his small hometown in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. Guided by Fritz’s closest friend and longtime attorney, Pete Wheeler, the sisters come together—whether they like it or not—to turn their father’s dream into a reality, and might just come away with far more than they bargained for.
Strengths: Imaginative Scenarios; Diverse characters; Family drama; Saga storyline
Measure of Love: Teaspoon
Mood: Poignant
Why You Should Read this: This is the first in the series, so it is very much the building block for some developing complex scenarios —like budding relationships and the building of family. Stewart brings alive the history of the region, and the theatre—exploring what it once meant to the community.

Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein
Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein
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Karen Neulander, a successful New York political consultant and single mother, has always been fiercely protective of her son, Jacob, now six. She’s had to be: when Jacob’s father, Dave, found out Karen was pregnant and made it clear that fatherhood wasn’t in his plans, Karen walked out of the relationship, never telling Dave her intention was to raise their child alone.

But now Jake is asking to meet his dad, and with good reason: Karen is dying. When she finally calls her ex, she’s shocked to find Dave ecstatic about the son he never knew he had. First, he can’t meet Jake fast enough, and then he can’t seem to leave him alone. Karen quickly grows anxious as she watches Dave insinuate himself into Jake’s life just as her own strength and hold on Jake grow more tenuous.

As she struggles to play out her last days in the “right” way for Jake, Karen wrestles with the knowledge that the only thing she cannot bring herself to do for her son—let his father become a permanent part of his life—is the thing he needs from her the most. With heart-wrenching poignancy, unexpected wit, and mordant humor, Lauren Grodstein has created an unforgettable story about parenthood, sacrifice, and life itself.
Strengths: True life scenarios; Multi-faceted characters; complex family situations; Emotionally rewarding read.
Measure of Love: Dash – past  
Mood: Poignant—Definite tissue alert
Why You Should Read this: Wonderful in-depth story of mother-child love. Even if you’re not a mother, the heroine’s strength, courage, and willingness to put her child first will bring you to tears.

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The Promise Girls is a book of public knowledge and private secrets. The premise of test tube babies, engineered each in their own way, and grown up in spite of the engineers best intentions gives a great nod to the concept of nature vs nurture and predisposition vs free will. Each of the three sisters is a unique and well defined character, which makes for enjoyable reading and lots of speculation on the secret reveals. This is a rather gentle rad, perfect for a rainy afternoon. I so appreciated the beautifully detailed settings - Seattle is my home rtown and Marie Bostwick really did it justice!
The Promise Girls is well crafted escape reading and I recommend it highly.

The Promise Girls is the newest book by Marie Bostwick. The story begins in 1996 with Minerva Promise and her three girls on a national news talk show promoting her book. Joanie, Meg, and Avery were told the tour would only last three weeks but now it stretching out into months. Joanie knows she has to do something to stop it and take back their lives. But Joanie did not calculate how upset her mother would be with her and the repercussions. Twenty years later, the three girls are grown up and living in Seattle, Washington. None of the girls are living the careers their mother had planned for them. Meg has not been happy lately, and one day she receives out some very upsetting information. On the way to pick up her daughter, Trina, she receives a call from Minerva. Meg gets very upset and ends up running her car into a cement wall. Meg wakes up six days later without a memory of her family. The doctor believes her memory will return in time. In the meantime, medical bills have mounted up, and they need to find a way to pay them. Joanie decides she will agree to Hal Seeger’s request to make a documentary of their lives in exchange for the money the family needs for Meg’s medical expenses. All of them are reluctant to open up in front of the camera, but Hal is determined. Each sister discovers something about themselves and, ultimately, Minerva reveals the biggest secret of them all. While Meg’s accident was unfortunate, it just may be the best thing that has happened to the family. Join The Promise Girls on their journey of self-discovery.

The Promise Girls is well-written and easy to read. I liked the characters. I found them all likeable and relatable. I love the setting of Seattle, Washington. How can you not love a city that has ferry boats? I was entertained by Asher’s occupation as a tiny home builder. It is turning into such a big movement in our country, and I have not seen it included in a novel previously. I give The Promise Girls 4 out of 5 stars. The secrets that are revealed at the end of the book are not revelations. I believe most readers will figure out Joanie and Minerva’s confidences long before they are disclosed. It was interesting to read about each woman’s journey. I really like Joanie’s occupation as a creator of costumes for reenactors. I imagined Ichabod Crane (of the show Sleepy Hollow) would appreciate her services (his last seamstress was murdered). While I enjoyed The Promise Girls, I did not feel it is not up to the standard of Marie Bostwick’s Cobbled Court Quilt series which I really loved (such wonderful, endearing characters). The Promise Girls, though, is a pleasurable story and a great way to spend a rainy afternoon.

As one of three sisters this book appealed to me. This story does such a great job of capturing all of the emotions and bonds that sisters have and how delicate that connection to parents is.

I received this ARC from netgalley.com in exchange for a review.

The Promise sisters are test tube babies whose father (s) are chosen for their artistic talent. Joanie is a pianist, Meg an artist and Avery a wordsmith. When their mother has a public meltdown on TV, their lives are forever altered. Twenty years later, each of the sisters come to grips with their childhood and their self-absorbed selfish mother.

Easy and comfortable rainy day read, the story was okay with a typical path and a feel good ending.

3.25☆

I received an ARC of this book from Net Galley and the publisher for an honest review.

I have been a long time reader of Marie Bostwick's books and I was excited to read her newest addition. This book did not disappoint. I read a lot of women's fiction and after awhile some of the stories can get stale or repetitive. That is definitely not the case with this book!

The characters were very well written and likeable. I found the Promise sisters' story interesting and unique and I loved that there was a bit of a mystery to their life story. The truths that were unveiled had me flipping the pages rapidly to find out the answers. Highly recommend!

This book had a lot of heart and a lot of spunk and really drew me in.

I envisioned this to be a simple but unspectacular read and was surprised by how deeply I felt towards the characters and the extent to which they enveloped me.

The plot contained a little bit of a mystery, some strings that hadn't previously been pulled together that eventually came out in a very satisfying way. This increased my intrigue while reading and really kept my interest peaked.

Meg suffers from memory loss in her car accident. Usually this medical condition is extremely gimmicky, but Bostwick did a fabulous job of making this poignant and relevant. I loved seeing the way that she was able to revaluate her life and develop new relationships with her daughter and her husband.

The documentary that Hal creates adds another lens to the book that really works. Again, this could have been gimmicky, but the layer this contributed was immensely satisfying and I loved viewing the way that he created things.

The family dynamics of the book were gorgeous. All the characters were very different, normal but extremely quirky. They were rational and made decisions that for them made sense and I felt like by the end these people were friends I would have in real life--kind of all over the place, but spirited and alive. From the two teenagers and their teenage angst to motherly Joanie and sporadic Avery, I really fell in love with them all.

This book was absolutely adorable and I recommend it highly. Definitely going to look for more of Bostwick's books.

The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick

Child prodigies crafted in the womb for greatness, promised success, prodded by their mother...perfectly planned…then…everything changed when one of the Promise girls decided to be not so perfect on live TV. Twenty years later the story picks up to tell us what the Promise sisters are up to and how they are getting along. One is married, one is a single parent and the third is a mermaid. All have issues to deal with from their childhood. None of them are doing what their mother pushed them toward. The catalyst of a major life threatening accident and the need for money encourages the sisters to do a documentary that will tell the world what happened to “The Promise Girls” once they became adults.

I was drawn into the story as I read and became invested in the outcome of each of the sisters. As revelations were made about what happened after the debacle on live TV and how it impacted each of the girls…I wished that their lives could have been different. Passion and promise are not the only things that create professional superstar status – there has to be drive and will and belief in oneself that the sisters seemed to lose at points in their lives. I will say that each thrived in her own way and that by the end of the book I felt that all three would eventually be able to enjoy their talents and gifts and realize the promise their lives held in store for the future.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the ARC. This is my honest review.

4.5 Stars