Although the plot is interesting and the characters are eccentric, the writing style of this author left me bored, bored, bored. The theme was constantly repeated throughout the book and left me feeling very frustrated. There was one twist in the middle that grabbed my attention but in the end it was all very predictable. The only reason I got through this book was because it was selected for our reading club. We have 7 members and everyone felt the same way. Very disappointing.

I had high hopes for this novel; a story of a woman who answers a personal add to marry a rich man. Not for love, but for companionship. Too bad she has a secret lover and a plan. A plan to poison the rich fool and take his money back to her lover. But can she pull it off?

I personally didn't feel for the characters and by the time I got to the end, it was like "So what? That's it?"

I've read better tales of deception and murder and wont be recommending this novel.

Great characters, engaging story. Warning though: its pretty bleak. Its starts out bleak, gets more bleak, there's a plot twist that makes it depressing, and then the happy ending makes you wanna cry.

I chose this book to do for my eighth grade book report. If you've read the book it was a little embarrassing reading my project out to the entire class because of its strong use of sexual behaviors. Still, I found this book to be an empowering and a controversial example of how an "innocent" woman can grow up and turn into this sort of person. The writing flowed beautifully and I highly recommend it.
PS. Don't judge my review by my age (13) I am highly mature for the state I grew up in and the surroundings I live in today!