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 SO.MANY.CHARACTERS. That, I must admit, the handy family tree printed at the start of the book did very little to help with. There was already just too many names being dropped, way too early on-I felt completely bombarded. I want to say that I loved this book, once it caught it's stride, but I can't say that with honesty either. However, I will tell you, that I was completely addicted. 
 The Heiresses 
 was like that shameful couple of hours spend watching The Real Wives (any one!), or Keeping Up With the Kardashians. *SIGH* It was horrible for the brain cells, but ask me if I looked away... 
 Secrets, lies, scandals, and betrayals. Those four acts were the favoured life choices made by the remaining heiresses to the Saybrook diamond fortune. The (long) synopsis above is a better look into the storyline that played out in this book, and says much about what you can expect to find within it's pages. People keep dropping dead, with the belief that a family curse is abound. Lies, and secrets, are slowly beginning to emerge and shock. The reader was, at many times, privy to these revelations long before the characters were, turning 
 The Heiresses 
 into that group of friends you were always DYING to be a part of. It was ridiculously easy to get caught up in the drama, which seemed to be never-ending. 
 I have never read Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series, but I was completely obsessed with the TV series adaptation. I expected her books to match the quality of the show, but I found myself disappointed on that front. 
 The Heiresses 
 was poorly written, but the type of poor that had me reading it like I was perusing the likes of people.com, or Mr. Perez Hilton's lovely page. I'm sure that this was Shepard's intent, to write a book that was purely steeped in entertainment, drama, and gossip. If so, she achieves that with flying colours, and some seriously scandalous twists of events. 
 The Heiresses 
 was the epitome of a perfect summer read. A mindless, soulless, bounded train-wreck of a book that will have you slightly embarrassed to admit you read, but secretly wondering if there will be a second..and third...and fourth..? 
 Recommended for fans of: Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Sophie Kinsella, Meg Cabot, Candace Bushnell, The Kardashians, "Chick-lit".