A review by melhara
Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon

4.0

"Business is a game," David told Kate, “played for fantastic stakes, and you’re in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.”

One of the reasons why [a:Sidney Sheldon|9068|Sidney Sheldon|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1209169297p2/9068.jpg] is one of my favourite authors is because his books are so addicting! This is another classic Sidney Sheldon page-turner full of unpredictable drama, twists, and turns, and (as always) features an incredibly rich, powerful, successful and incredibly manipulative female protagonist.

This book follows the McGregor/Blackwell legacy -

It starts with Jamie McGregor, who travels to South Africa to become a prospector and dig for diamonds. Unfortunately, he got cheated out of his diamonds and beaten half to death by the all-powerful Solomon Van Der Merwe. Out of anger and the desire for revenge, Jamie does everything he can to destroy Van Der Merwe and make a name for himself.

The book then follows the mighty Kate Blackwell (née McGregor), and how she transformed Jamie McGregor’s company into a multi-billion dollar company by using any means necessary.

She was powerless to protect her mother or herself, and it was a lesson she was never to forget. Power. If you had power, you had food. You had medicine. You had freedom. She saw those around her fall ill and die, and she equated power with life. One day, Kate thought, I’ll have power. No one will be able to do this to me again.

Following Kate, the book briefly follows Tony Blackwell, Kate’s son, who aspires to become an artist (much to Kate’s horror) and is constantly living under the pressure to live up to his mother’s expectations.

Finally, the book follows Eve and Alexandra Blackwell, Tony’s identical twin daughters with completely opposite personalities. Eve is selfish and greedy and constantly plotting Alexandra’s demise in order to become the sole heir to the Blackwell fortune, whereas Alexandra is completely selfless and adores and idolizes her sister Eve. Meanwhile, Kate must decide which twin should inherit her company and carry on the Blackwell legacy.

***#25 of my 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge - A book about a family***