The Whittiers

This book and "The Wedding Planner" seem to be pandering to her DEI agenda. A real turnoff. Danielle has started a pattern here by being politically correct to current events. I've read all of her books and they were always quite enjoyable. Seems lately she is just cranking them out too frequently without thinking about what her loyal readers enjoy reading. DEI and everything that goes with it is offensive and ruins my reading experience. I was so annoyed with this book that I didn't even bother to finish it. Had enough of DEI pandering. She apparently no longer knows her readership audience. I will not purchase her books anymore. Very disappointing as she was always one of my favorite authors.

This is a Women's Fiction. This is not as hard hitting as other books I read by Danielle Steel. I read her books because they are so hard hitting, and they make me think about things. This one did not do that. I enjoyed the story, but I felt it was a little messy at times. It also had a lot of characters that we were following. This book was fast paced and it did keep me reading it. I really loved the adult character with Down Syndrome, and I think his character was done really well. I also loved how his family handled or helped him, and I really loved how they handled it when he started dating. I just wished his character was more of a main character of this book. I do not think this is a bad book, but this book was not everything I wanted it to be. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.