I found myself cursing the American political system at times for the unfairness in campaigning schemes and was heartbroken every time Florentyna was hit by a blow from the media during her efforts to make it into the political spotlight. The best part was the main character, Florentyna, and her unwavering honesty and diligence in not only her buisness life but also her politics. Imagine my surprise in finding out that this was the sequel to another best seller, that I will be sure to pick up as soon as possible. I was surprised to find myself engrossed in the novel about a young girl who was the daughter of a Polish immigrant who build his own American Deam in the form of the Baron hotels. Honestly, I found this in my father's car and only popped in the first tape to have something to listen to on my 20 minutes drive to school. If I had read The Prodigal Daughter as a stand-alone book, my review would likely have been higher, but it seemed cheap and lazy to reuse so much material from the first book. I found this to be rather dry at times, and somewhat predictable as to where Florentyna would eventually end up. The latter half of the book deals with Florentyna's life in politics. These two strong wills really made the first book shine, whereas the summary retelling in this book was a bit disappointing.

One element that seemed to be missing in this book compared to Kane and Abel was the tension and plot twists that came about from the bitter feud between the Kane and Rosnovski patriarchs.

The reader gains a few new insights seeing things through Florentyna's eyes, but these were rare because so many passages were completely lifted from the original book and put into this sequel. The first half of this book is a retelling of events from Kane and Abel. The Prodigal Daughter focuses on the life of Florentyna Rosnovski Kane, the daughter of a Polish immigrant who lived the American dream.

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