Blogging for Books has given me another great chance to read a new book. The book I am reviewing is Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore.
This story started out as your typical rich girl/poor girl story. The two girls Genevra (Ev) and Mabel share a room in college. The two don't talk to each other until they are brought together by the tragic suicide of Ev's cousin. Ev then invites Mabel to stay with her at her family's estate, Winloch for the summer.
Once there the girls fix up the cottage that Ev will inherit (Bittersweet) and then their summer of fun can begin. Mabel's first impression of the Winslow family is that they are your typical spoiled rich people all blonde, tanned and "raising" their children through au pairs. Life could not be better, until she is recruited by an eccentric Aunt Linden (Indo) to expose her family secrets.
As Mabel delves deeper into the family history, she realizes that this family is not as perfect as it seems. Lies, murder, violence, incest and theft run deep in this clan.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book. It started off slow, but half way through really picked up. The plot twist reminded me of the many V.C. Andrews books I read as a teenager. The cast of characters both main and supporting had unique characteristics that made them all complex. Very few people are what they first seem to be. I often found myself sneaking a few pages here and there just to find out little bit more about what this family was really into. I am eager to read another book by this offer.
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