NEW RELEASE
Riches - Megan Cole (2011)
Celine, Jhumpa and Luci are three very different girls. Though they are all smart in their own ways, they are also complete and total opposites. So when the three are thrown together by a sinister tragedy, it makes working as a group very hard at first. However, the fact remains that they must put their differences aside to locate their kidnapped parents and find a national treasure before it is too late. As they embark on a global quest, they learn all about themselves - and each other - while meeting gorgeous guys and exploring beautiful locations. With danger lurking at every corner, none of these girls could imagine how hard and dangerous it would be to save their parents but what other option do they have? While the characters are no doubt glamorous, sexy and in ways funny, they lack something that it's hard to pinpoint. In addition, the story would have been much better had there not been so many typos in the finished copy of the book. Sometimes there were words that didn't even make sense so the reader has to pause for a moment and figure out what exactly should have been there instead. It makes it hard to get absorbed in the plot when you're constantly stopping to figure out a typo. As a follow-up to Fortune, this title pales in comparison, but sans the typos it's still a fun, light beach read. (AS)
In Megan Cole's follow-up to Fortune, Riches is about three very different girls, united by a terrible tragedy. The summary says "Celine has all of Buenos Aires - especially the boys - at her feet. She's hot, she's talented, and she has a glittering future as a fashion designer ahead of her. Well, if she can get her pushy parents off her back. Jhumpa is this close to breaking into Bollywood. She's moved out of her dad's house in Mumbai, and into an apartment paid for by her agent - she's so confident she's going to be a star that she's not looking back. Luci has the looks and the brains. Gorgeous darling of the Tatler crowd, equally at home on a pheasant shoot or on the dancefloor, she's also studying archaeology at Oxford. The question is, can they solve the mystery that united their parents - a mystery that involves the most valuable jewel in the world? You wouldn't want to bet against them. Sisters might be doing it for themselves - but get them to work together, and there's nothing they can't do" Riches is out in July.