Reviews for Misfortune's Daughters

The average rating for Misfortune's Daughters based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-04-06 00:00:00 Marcus Baffoe Gripping read! engrossing,betrayal,romance,fun,exciting and an entertaining storyline with some incredible well developed characters by someone who just started her craft in writing such a great book..recommend (paperback!)

Review # 2 was written on 2018-03-15 00:00:00 Kevin Little Loved it, loved it, loved it! I give this book 5 stars! I am so impressed with the authors writing style I couldn't bear to put the book down! I haven't felt this way about a book since reading books by V.C. Andrews. It's books like these, books with this with a classy, yet honest, style of writing that really have me turning the pages. Telling without telling, so descriptive, so enchanting, enthralling, and heartbreaking. There were very few cons that I found in this book and the ones that I found were ones that I could live with. I had such strong feelings that I carried in this book from beginning to end. I love the characters. They're old-fashioned, springy, spunky, wild, and strong. Collins does a phenomenal job of describing the world that her characters traverse with such brevity that I felt like I was right there on Nicholas' boat. The way she describes her characters, not just in image but in personality had me developing real feelings about them. When Nicholas killed Laura it was frightening to read his thinking process on how he could get away with it. His thinking was calculating, manipulative, cowardly, disgusting. It enraged me to see this monster who had chased after this innocent lamb of a woman snuff out her life in an act of rage. She had been nothing but honorable, dutiful, and faithful throughout their entire marriage and only disloyal when she realized that she had been living in an unhappy marriage. As soon they had copulated on their wedding night and he told her that she belonged to him and she would never leave him? Well, let's just say that I knew things were headed down South. The second time when I was abhorred by Nicholas's behavior was when he gathered Atlanta and Venetia to talk about the future of his company. The way he ripped them apart was just...upsetting. Atlanta had been doing nothing but trying to please him since the day she was born and the one time she does something (unwillingly by the way) that is less than favorable in her father's eyes she's regarded as a "plastic made up whore." Like, seriously? Venetia sleeps around with half the world's most eligible bachelors, does hardcore drugs, has had two abortions, hangs around with seedy club-goers, and spends money frivolously. She's been allowed to get away with any and everything that she wants with her Father's blessing and when he finally decides to throw down the hammer it sends her spiraling into despair. But no matter how wicked Nicholas acts towards his daughters they never stop trying to vie for his affections. I have to say that I definitely relate more to Atlanta then any other character in the book. Lucky for me, I never had a father like her, but I know what it's like to lose yourself in your school books because you feel like you're lacking and that you don't want to be seen. Once Atlanta realized what she wanted to do she gunned for what what made her happy. I thought Atlanta was going to grow up as a timid and unflattering woman, but she turned out to be a no-nonsense, go get 'em career girl. I was disappointed, however, that life got so better for her after she had plastic surgery and the only way people took her seriously was when she changed her appearance. I thought, what a vain and shallow world these people live in...to be used and judged for only what they can do for others and how much pleasure you can give to someone else. The other thing that I didn't like was Kristobel's story. What was his purpose? I thought that his involvement in the story was that he would marry one of the sisters or that he would at least have a closer relationship with one of them. And he never even got to avenge the Major and his wife...are we just supposed to believe that just because he saved Atlanta from Fabio that it was supposed to absolve the rage and bitter feelings that he's been carrying around for over 20 years? For me, Kristobel represents the type of character that I don't like. The kind that you only create just for them to serve one particular purpose. Lastly, what kind of made me a little upset was the fact that in the end, Venetia got everything that she wanted. She got control of the empire, her mother's lover (I don't care what he says, he loves he because she looks like Laura), she has children, and she's wealthy. I feel like besides the addiction she only struggled for a small part of her life and then everything ended up perfectly in her lap. I don't care that she was the way that she was because of her father. I feel like she should have learned more lessons that had longer lasting consequences. I feel like she should have married a man who made a good living, but good for a middle class woman living a middle class life. And the way she treated Alain was terrible. Alain kept going back for her not wanting her to fall into a pit of destruction and what did she do when he needed help? She turned her back on him? I mean, yeah, I get it, he was doing some gross and seedy stuff, but that's your husband and you stick by him for better or for worse, sick and in health. (And boy was he SICK) Even if they had to end up divorcing in the end at least stick by him and make sure he's ok... I loved reading this book and I'll continue to read more stories by this author. I hope they're as attention-grabbing as this one. :)