Its my first time to read a Penny Vicenzi book.

A Perfect Heritage is a nice story but it was just absurdly long (753 pages in paperback!). I feel that it was very winding and it has a lot of unnecessary pages. There were a lot of family dramas as were romances and failed romances.

The center of the book were 3 women: Athina, Bianca, and Florence. They were all interconnected because of the Farrell brand of cosmetics (and they battle within it and the Lauders and L'oreals of the world). The book revolved around them and their private lives. Funny though - and I hated - that all three of them had affairs. I loved Bianca, a tycoon, who loved her career so much; and classy Florence became everyone’s favorite mistress. You cannot help but root for her.

This is certainly a good read since you'll fall in love (or in hate) with the characters because of the lengthy read. I also like the sub-plots for Susie & Jonjo and the school struggles of Milly.

This is a good summer/beach read.