Week 21 Review: Sisters of Fortune

From Goodreads:

For fans of Shana Abe's The Second Mrs. Astor and Patricia Falvey's The Titanic Sisters, this sweeping historical novel set on the legendary ocean liner includes actual stories and anecdotes from the Titanic, as it tells of three well-to-do sisters, each at a crossroads in her life.

April, 1912: It's the perfect finale to a Grand Tour of Europe—sailing home on the largest, most luxurious ocean liner ever built. For the Fortune sisters, the voyage offers a chance to reflect on the treasures of the past they've seen—magnificent castles and museums in Italy and France, the ruins of Greece and the Middle East—and contemplate the futures that await them.

 

For Alice, there's foreboding mixed with her excitement. A fortune teller in Egypt gave her a dire warning about traveling at sea. And the freedom she has enjoyed on her travels contrasts with her fiancé's plans for her return—a cossetted existence she's no longer sure she wants.

 

Flora is also returning to a fiancé, a well-to-do banker of whom her parents heartily approve, as befits their most dutiful daughter. Yet the closer the wedding looms, the less sure Flora feels. Another man—charming, exasperating, completely unsuitable—occupies her thoughts, daring her to follow her own desires rather than settling for the wishes of others.

 

Youngest sister Mabel knows her parents arranged this Grand Tour to separate her from a jazz musician. But the secret truth is that Mabel has little interest in marrying at all, preferring to explore ideas of suffrage and reform—even if it forces a rift with her family.

 

Each sister grapples with the choices before her as the grand vessel glides through the Atlantic waters. Until, on an infamous night, fate intervenes, forever altering their lives . . .

My Review:
Oh, this was such a fantastic read! I really enjoy Anna Lee Huber's writing, I just love her historical mysteries, and this novel about 3 different sisters-on the Titanic, well, I had to read it! We all know what happened to the Titanic, the question was-who, if any, or all, of the sisters survived?

Each of these girls were easily separated as different people, from Flora, the people pleasure, Alice, who is started to realize the life that's been set up for her, and Mabel, who wants doesn't want to be a wife and mother, she wants to further her education, and she's using her relationship with an unsuitable guy to get what she wants. But they were family, and they stuck together, as well as the parents, and their younger brother who were on the trip. 

I really enjoyed reading about all 3 of these sisters and their own goings on in their lives, the emotions, secrets and drama, with the growing tension that we know that the Titanic is getting ever closer to sinking. I just had to keep reading! 

For a story that does have the Titanic, and it's eventual sinking, I enjoyed the ending, and where we left these characters, after everything that happened throughout the story and how the characters and grown and changed. There were losses and heartbreaks, but I'm content with where the story ended. 

This was such a wonderful read, and I can't wait to read more by Anna Lee Huber! 

Author: Anna Lee Huber 
Read: May 19th, 2024 
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a Historical Fiction 2024 Book, SAC 2024 Book and WoW Book!
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: February 20th 2024

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