This started off promising, but after a while all of the characters started to annoy me, and they never really recovered. The main character especially was a bit too judgmental and selfish for me to really get behind. And I really didn't like her treatment of her nieces! It would have a been fine if she had learned throughout the book, but she kind of felt the same at the end. It's a found family story, but I kind of didn't buy it - it seemed more like strangers living in house together. I never really bought that they cared about each other. I liked the concept, but didn't love the execution.