Title: The Heiresses
Author: Sara Shepard
1st Date of Publication: May 12 2014
1st Date of Publication: May 12 2014
ISBN: 9780062259530
# of Pages: 320
# of Pages: 320
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Fiction
Age Rating: 13+
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Book Description:
You know the Saybrooks. Everyone does. Perhaps you’ve read a profile of them in People or have seen their pictures in the society pages of Vogue. Perhaps while walking along that choice block on Fifth Avenue, you’ve been tempted to enter the ornate limestone building with their family name etched into the pediment above the door.
The only thing more flawless than a Saybrook’s diamond solitaire is the family behind the jewelry empire. Beauties, entrepreneurs, debutantes, and style mavens, they are the epitome of New York City’s high society. But being a Saybrook comes at a price—they are heirs not only to a dizzying fortune but also to a decades-old family curse.
Tragedy strikes the prominent family yet again when thirty-four-year-old Poppy, the most exquisite Saybrook of them all, flings herself from the window of her TriBeCa office. Everyone is shocked that a woman who had it all would end her own life. Then her cousins receive an ominous threat: one heiress down, four to go.
Was it suicide... or murder? In the aftermath of the tragedy, the remaining heiresses—Corinne, the perfectionist; Rowan, the workaholic; Aster, the hedonist; and Natasha, the enigma—wrestle with feelings of sadness, guilt, and, most of all, fear. Now they must uncover the truth about their family before they lose the only thing money can’t buy: their lives.
Setting: 21st century in New York City, NY
Point of View: 3rd person- Corrine Saybrook, Aster Saybrook, Rowan Saybrook, and Natasha Saybrook-Davis
You know the Saybrooks. Everyone does. Perhaps you’ve read a profile of them in People or have seen their pictures in the society pages of Vogue. Perhaps while walking along that choice block on Fifth Avenue, you’ve been tempted to enter the ornate limestone building with their family name etched into the pediment above the door.
The only thing more flawless than a Saybrook’s diamond solitaire is the family behind the jewelry empire. Beauties, entrepreneurs, debutantes, and style mavens, they are the epitome of New York City’s high society. But being a Saybrook comes at a price—they are heirs not only to a dizzying fortune but also to a decades-old family curse.
Tragedy strikes the prominent family yet again when thirty-four-year-old Poppy, the most exquisite Saybrook of them all, flings herself from the window of her TriBeCa office. Everyone is shocked that a woman who had it all would end her own life. Then her cousins receive an ominous threat: one heiress down, four to go.
Was it suicide... or murder? In the aftermath of the tragedy, the remaining heiresses—Corinne, the perfectionist; Rowan, the workaholic; Aster, the hedonist; and Natasha, the enigma—wrestle with feelings of sadness, guilt, and, most of all, fear. Now they must uncover the truth about their family before they lose the only thing money can’t buy: their lives.
Setting: 21st century in New York City, NY
Point of View: 3rd person- Corrine Saybrook, Aster Saybrook, Rowan Saybrook, and Natasha Saybrook-Davis
Goodreads Rating: 3.48
My Rating: 3.75
Part of the Book that Caught My Attention: Both
View on the Cover: I really like the look of this. It looks classy and ritzy. It makes me want to live in New York City
View on Title: How do these girls get such an inheritance that each is known as an "heiress."
View on Title: How do these girls get such an inheritance that each is known as an "heiress."
Pros:
- This is a murder mystery story so it gets very suspenseful. Sara Shepard really knows how to keep her readers on their toes.
- I think it was really cool how the characters are basically celebrities just because they're wealthy business owners.
- As things unfold, everyone and everything is not who or what they seem. Everything is hidden by all the glamor.
- I'm not a fan of 3rd person but Sara Shepard does an excellent job writing while following different characters.
Cons:
- This seemed a little bit like the Pretty Little Liars series Sara Shepard has written and finished.
- There is also the issue of several female characters with a similar surname (Saybrook) that it gets confusing at first who is who.
Critics' Reviews:
"The sexy, silly frolic that is summer reading kicks off with The Heiresses in which four really, really rich cousins skirt murderous mayhem in Manhattan’s priciest zip codes.” -New York Daily News
"A Pretty Little Liars for grown-ups, mines the bold-faced misfortunes of sisters plagued by sex-tape scandals and seersucker—and, perhaps, a serial killer." -Vogue
"The sexy, silly frolic that is summer reading kicks off with The Heiresses in which four really, really rich cousins skirt murderous mayhem in Manhattan’s priciest zip codes.” -New York Daily News
"A Pretty Little Liars for grown-ups, mines the bold-faced misfortunes of sisters plagued by sex-tape scandals and seersucker—and, perhaps, a serial killer." -Vogue
Other Recommendations:
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
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