Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
However, her college haven ends when her father and his spouse die in a car crash. Though inheriting the large LA mansion is not a shock, being named guardian to prissy Celia is. While trying to avoid premature motherhood and continue with her good time lifestyle, Olivia begins to care for her sad ward. Soon Olivia begins to fall in love with the executor of her father's estate, but Dennis Klein expects her to nurture her half-sister beyond turning on the TV and giving the brat sugar. He demands she do the decent thing.
Though poignant, readers will wonder about the girl whom sought freedom at any cost becoming so responsible and dependable not because of her sis' need, but due to the exec's response. Still the characters engage the audience as Olivia struggles with a dysfunctional family before the car accident and even afterward as the ghost of her overbearing dad lingers and her helpless mom tries to "help". Fans of a coming of age chick lit drama will relish Claire Scovell LaZebnik's tale.