August Sitwell has worked for the wealthy Barclays for fifteen years. When he finds out they have lost their fortune, they set up sales of the cook’s rib sauce with August’s face on the bottle. He becomes The Rib King, but it is revealed that he has his own revenge agenda in mind.
Ladee Hubbard is obviously a very talented writer, which is why I gave this book three stars. Based on story alone, it probably would have been two stars. I was a bit confused by the back story, which ended up becoming a story within the book. It was only revealed a bit at a time and was confusing. This book really was almost two stories, broken into two parts. The second part occurred ten years after the first. A lot of moving parts came together, but I felt they were moving a bit too fast and flew over my head. The synopsis is also completely different than the story itself.
“Everyone danced for money in this world, Mr. Sitwell thought. The jailer danced for the rich man, the rich man danced for his investors. Mr. Sitwell, it sometimes seemed, danced for all of them at once.”
The Rib King comes out 1/19
Ladee Hubbard is obviously a very talented writer, which is why I gave this book three stars. Based on story alone, it probably would have been two stars. I was a bit confused by the back story, which ended up becoming a story within the book. It was only revealed a bit at a time and was confusing. This book really was almost two stories, broken into two parts. The second part occurred ten years after the first. A lot of moving parts came together, but I felt they were moving a bit too fast and flew over my head. The synopsis is also completely different than the story itself.
“Everyone danced for money in this world, Mr. Sitwell thought. The jailer danced for the rich man, the rich man danced for his investors. Mr. Sitwell, it sometimes seemed, danced for all of them at once.”
The Rib King comes out 1/19