Goddess of Vengeance / Jackie Collins / 516 pgs

*sigh* what can I say about this book.....  Well, I read it because I never read a Jackie Collins book before and I wanted to just see what it was like.  If you like to read stories with mega-rich characters that live glamorous lives throwing their endless supply of money on whatever frivolous thing then this book would be for you.   It read like a soap opera or like watching an episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  The characters problems are trite, and not a single one of them seemed to be a decent human being.

Collins style is a bit raunchy with way to much talk about hookups, one night stands, prostitutes, past sexual histories, etc. etc.   And then there was the story line.  Now I love a good revenge story, and this one started off okay.  There is this mega-rich jerk who feels very entitled and hates women.  He wants to buy the mega successful hotel that the main character, Lucky, but she tells him no.  The guy then proceeds to whine and cry like a toddler and then try to find a hit man to kill Lucky.  All of the story lines converge on a single night in Las Vegas and as far as the Vengeance goes well that was a real let down too.

The strangest thing is that Sidney Poitier is one of the readers on the audio version.  Its very distracting/disturbing to hear him narrate the inconsequential thoughts of a vapid 17 year old.  Ugh!