I would like to thank Kensington Books and Net Galley for the opportunity to read this book as an ARC. I always enjoy historical fiction and have read little of it set on the Titanic. I have read about several of the people on the ship-Madeline Astor, Molly Brown and Lady Duff-Gordon, but had not heard of the Fortune family. The Fortunes, and many of the people on the ship are real, with some being composite or wholly fictional. The Fortune family of Canada made a Grand Tour of Europe with three of their daughters- Flora, Alice and Mable, as well as the youngest son Charlie. While in Egypt, on the tour, a soothsayer told Alice that he saw her on an ill fated ocean voyage, she would live but would lose everything else. Well, Alice tries to put it out of her mind as she boards the Titanic.The story is interesting and the characters well written and likeable. The book drags a bit in parts, but it may be due to the fact that we all know how the story ends. What is fresh is the stories of the three sisters. Both Flora and Alice are engaged and plan to marry when they return. Mable also has a boy friend, one whom her family does not approve of, but her real interest is in education. Mable wants to go to college, but her father will not permit it. Alice is in love with her fiancee, but uses the trip to break free a bit, away from her families constraints. Flora clams to be ready to marry, but her head is soon turned by the attentions of Ches Kinsey, a tennis player . The book is helped by a list of characters at the beginning. It also has the date and time at the start of each chapter. It is a story of a large global tragedy, but also of many smaller, personal ones. I enjoyed this book.

I really enjoyed this book about the Fortune family traveling in the Titanic. As I was reading I kept telling myself not to get attached to anyone knowing how the titanic ended. But the characters were so real and relatable you couldn’t help be drawn in. The writing flowed so well it was like a movie in my head..I love it when books do that! When I first started reading it I was thinking is this going to be a “remake” of the movie…I can tell you it is not…you will love it as much as I have!

Sisters of Fortune, by Anna Lee Huber, started a bit slowly for me and it took me a while (and some notes) to become familiar with the characters. As the story progressed, it picked up and soon I was finished. I love that it was about real people and their lives and how Huber wove everything into an interesting story for readers.
Thanks, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with the ARC ebook I read and reviewed. All opinions are my own.

As always, I love a good historical fiction which is based on a true story. This one is set in 1912 when three young women board the RMS Titanic. And so the story begins with these three women reflecting on their past and their lives, little did they know what was really ahead of them.

This is such a well written book whereby we all know what happens to this ship but do we know about these three women and what would happen to them? The story is also well researched and I was very intrigued by this story. Although a little bit slow to start it did build as the story went on and so kept me interested and reading.

I enjoyed the characters, the descriptiveness and the story and I would highly recommend as it is a very interesting read.

Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

The fascination with the Titanic, the ship that would never sink. For decades this ship has held the interest of thousands of people, other books have been written, articles from the tragedy have been brought up and viewed in museums. This book, while it is about the "doomed" ship is mainly about the Fortune family from Winnipeg, Canada. Along with their parents, there are four children, a son and three daughters. Having finished their Grand Tour of Europe, they are now heading home to Winnipeg. Each one of the siblings have futures to contend with...two sisters are to be married, one sister wants to go to university. We take a grand tour of the ship through the eyes of Charlie, the youngest member of the family. It was very interesting to follow this family, especially the 3 sisters as to their thoughts about the convention of the times, the social lives that wrap around each of the girls, and the rules of society, especially among the wealthy. The book was well researched and well written. Yet, even though I have read many book about the Titanic, this version was quite wonderful...giving the reader an opportunity to be up close to a family on that voyage. Highly recommended. My thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Fortune family have completed a lovely tour of Europe and board the Titanic for their trip home. There are 3 daughters and 1 son on this trip. The eldest daughter is engaged to a man back home that her father approves of, but she is on the trip to chaperone her sisters. She meets a man on the ship.

As an avid reader of any and all things Titanic, I was excited for a chance to read and review “Sisters of Fortune” by Anna Lee Huber.

Based on a true story, the Fortune sisters—Flora, Alice, and Mabel—are traveling with their parents and younger brother after completing a trip through Europe. Each sister has her own struggles. Both Flora and Alice are engaged but they question whether they are making the right decision. Meanwhile, Mabel worries that marry—as opposed to going to university—is in her future. All three sisters embrace new challenges during the voyage.

Of course, we all know what will happen to Titanic and her passengers but that doesn’t make this novel any less engaging. The author clearly did her research and the way she portrays the disaster is quite captivating. I did find parts of the story a little slow and there were a lot of stories to keep track of, but overall, I enjoyed this story.

Four out of five stars.

Thank you the author, NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC of this novel.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed reading "Sisters of Fortune," after thinking it was just going to repeat details of the Titanic disaster which have already been well-documented. This is based on true events of the large Fortune family and their doomed transatlantic journey to their home in Winnipeg, Canada. Three sisters, Flora, Alice, and Mabel, board the ship with their parents and brother under the constraints of proper behavior and decorum as was the norm in the early 1900s. Both Flora and Alice are engaged to be married and are heading home to their weddings, but events leave Flora questioning her commitment to Crawford. Flora meets Chess, a world-renowned and wealthy tennis player who is a charming bon vivant, and he sets his sights and attentions on Flora (this part of the story is fiction.). The rest is history, so they say. This book was a fast read, and well-written. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys historical drama.

This was a bit of a slow burn at this beginning but you will quickly become invested in the characters that the author has created for you. Great detail, and loved the concept of reading a book based on events on the titanic

I’ll give this book 4.5 stars
I loved adventurous Alice so much and the talk about changing the vote among other things.
The girls are so strong and they don’t have to do what society asks them to.
Thank you netgalley for this eye-opener of an audiobook.

I really enjoyed Sisters of Fortune, anything Titanic related i enjoy. The sisters were interesting and i was hooked. I can see this being a mini series.

2.5. Just meh. If you like insipid romance, you’ll love this one. Flora Fortune? Really? Of course she’s going to fall madly in love and get caught kissing a man unknown prior to the ships departure, mere moments before the iceberg strikes. And of course he’ll survive, even though so many men didn’t. Also, he won’t need his frostbitten legs amputated, because love keeps us all from suffering hypothermia in the North Atlantic, my dear. Ugh. The responsible sister just wants to go to medical school, but her father says no. Of course that will be disposed of when dear father does die, conveniently removing that barrier. Ugh. It’s like every Titanic based trope came abroad and then had a competition to see which could take over the story. Good history, ruined by lame fiction.

The best thing about this book is, of course, the Fortune sisters. Although there are some mistakes in the writings, each of the Fortune sisters' arcs are written quite well done that I got attached to them. And let me just say, Chess Kinley? I, too, would jump him if I was Flora

Canadian sisters Flora, Alice, and Mabel Fortune are traveling on the Titanic with their parents and younger brother after completing their Grand Tour. Flora and Alice are engaged, but Flora's fiancé does not seem to be too interested in her. She meets someone on board who is very interested--Chess is a wealthy attorney and tennis player, although Flora initially tries to deny the attraction. Alice becomes somewhat adventurous on the voyage, and Mabel tries to convince her father to stop trying to marry her off and allow her to attend university. The descriptions of the disaster are exciting and nerve-wracking, and show that the author did a great deal of research. Recommended for not only Titanic aficionados, but also fans of historical fiction. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.

I am an avid reader of historical fiction and also highly interested in Titanic. There aren’t many historical fiction books relating to Titanic so I was very excited to read this book. However, after reading 100 pages I found myself to not be particularly interested in the storyline nor was it holding my attention. I rarely stop a book but this was a did not finish for me. I didn’t find the characters to be very three dimensional which made them hard to relate to and made me unable to stay interested in the story.

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Sisters of Fortune

Thank-you to #netgalley and the publisher for the #AdvanceReviewCopy

Release Date: February 2024
Genre: Historical Fiction

Summary: This is a story of the Titanic, the unsinkable ship carrying approximately 2,224 passengers that struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912 just before midnight and sank a few hours later during her maiden voyage from England to New York.

During this account, we follow the Fortune Family, inspired by real survivors with the same surname. 3 sisters, a brother and their parents board the titanic to travel back home to Canada after a European family trip. Each sister grapples with their own story. Flora, the eldest, is engaged to a banker who has only written her once during their time apart and so when a charming suitor aboard the ship takes notice of her, Flora’s heart is challenged and awakened. Alice, the middle sister, is also engaged and Alice fears that married life will bring an end to the adventures she so desperately seeks. Mable, the youngest sister, desperately wants to be more than just a stay at home wife and mother and longs to attend university to learn and grow despite her father not approving. As the sisters dine, mingle, and contemplate their life, the titanic plunges on with incredible speed as crew members ignore iceberg warnings.

My Thoughts: I loved this book. Since I first learned of the Titanic, sometime back in high-school many years ago, I became interested in the ship’s story so I jumped at the chance to read this advance review copy. Over the years I’ve read several books based on the ship and this is the best one I’ve read. The characters were inspired by real survivors, but the majority of their stories, especially Flora’s story, was fictional and this allowed the author to add an element of romance, and flesh out each character extremely well. I loved how different each sister was, and I loved how I connected to each for different reasons.

The accuracy in the details proved that this was well researched. The descriptions of the ship, the high-class society and the events of the tragic night that took the lives of over 1500 people were written with such vividness and left me, yet again, diving into the details that ultimately caused the Titanic’s downfall.

A solid five-star!
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This wonderfully detailed book offers a new glimpse of an oft-told story, the sinking of the Titanic. Anna Lee Huber immerses the reader into the experience of being a first-class passenger on the ill-fated Titanic through the experiences of the real Fortune family. The reader is plunged, no pun intended, into the lives of the three Fortune sisters as they experience life aboard the ship through engaging details and descriptions of the ship and the people traveling on her.
Through the family, we meet historic figures and experience the short journey through the eyes of each sister - eldest Flora, stuck doing what is always expected of her but surprising herself with new and perhaps heartbreaking choices, Alice who has been worrying about a fearful fortune she received in Egypt but still finds time to flirt even though a fiance is waiting for her at home, and Mable who is thrilled to be meeting "modern" women who help her with her battle with her parents over who she would like to be. Although this is a topic that has been written about and filmed numerous times, this is a fresh and new approach that is a must-read for history buffs and romance readers as well.

Now this is a historical fiction I can get behind. I obviously loved the setting and 8-year-old-me with a Titanic obsession was overjoyed. It both developed the atmosphere of the ship and its characters which I liked lot. Each of the women had their own voice and story but also questioning, and we truly got to know, not only them, but also each of the family members involved on this journey. A great read.

Thank you to NetGalley, Kensington Books and of course Author Anna Lee Huber for allowing me early access to this wonderful title.

Sisters of Fortune is a historical fiction story based on true events and real people as they set sail on board White Star Line's newest and biggest vessel on her maiden voyage. In this book the main focus is that of the Fortune Sisters of Canada (Alice, Flora and Mabel) while they enjoy the luxury of sailing on the worlds most famous ship. The Titanic.

For those who are familiar with the stories or tales of what happened on that fateful night, you will notice some familiar names crop up throughout the title also.

As readers we are already aware of how this story will play out in regards to the plot. However the addition of these women's individual woes or concerns leading up to that night on the 15th April in 1912 actually makes this a very interesting and informative read. Huber has clearly done a lot of research when planning this novel, it really does shine throughout, from mentions of the cargo hold where animals are kept, to the details of the shops daily running operations.

Of course there is also the addition of a romance sub plot which had me wanting to turn the pages quicker in order to find out how this part of the story played out.

Sisters of Fortune really is a beautifully written and informative novel that full of tension, suspense, love and drama. It is definitely a book that I will happily recommend to many.

Inspired by the real Fortune sisters of Canada, this follows Flora, Alice, and Mabel, along with their parents and brother Charlie, from their Grand Tour of Europe and Egypt to their journey on the Titanic. We meet many of their friends also traveling on the unsinkable ship.
Knowing many of these men will not survive gives the book a suspenseful air. Many details and names are recognizable to anyone familiar with the disaster. I especially enjoyed Flora’s story, the dutiful daughter who is burdened with how her life will play out. Riveting novel.