2-3-4 Challenge Book Discussions #2 discussion

Sophie Summerfield Rose is the daughter of the notorious Bobby Rose and a reporter for a small time newspaper with a boss who promises not to hound her for her father’s story. What were your first impressions of Sophie? Did her love of the finer, high price things in life color your opinion of her? Did you opinion change when you learned of her contributions to the Soup Kitchen? Does Sophie hide her true self from others as Jack claimed?

I liked Sophie from start to finish. There was certainly the one incident, where we learned that she had lied about one component of her story.

I remembered Sophia from a previous book in the series. I liked that she no longer accepted the gifts from her father. She wanted to be independent and her friends were supporting her.

Sophie was the leader of the girls from the beginning of their relationships when they were children. Bobby was her dad and she loved him, and she was brought up with the best of everything. It took Regan and Cordie to show her that the money wasn't from exactly ethical sources. It took a lot for her to stop taking daddy's money and live by her own means.

Jack was very perceptive to realize there was a lot more to her than being Bobby Rose's daughter.

I liked Sophie from the start. It isn't easy to be the daughter of someone famous. When the celebrity comes from being a "bad guy," I'm sure it is even more complicated. She has to walk a fine line between being a loving and loyal daughter and seeing her father how others see him.

I'm sure it is hard for her to judge others' intentions too. Do they want to get close because she is Sophie or Bobby Rose's daughter?

I liked Sophie DESPITE the fact that I had to hear about her designer clothes. I have no problem with people liking nice things, I just don't want to hear descriptions of it all the time. Boring.

Julie Garwood is not as bad as some authors I've read when it comes to clothing descriptions. But I thought they were done to emphasize what Sophie is giving up to live withing her means without her father's money.

Anita wrote: "Julie Garwood is not as bad as some authors I've read when it comes to clothing descriptions. But I thought they were done to emphasize what Sophie is giving up to live withing her means without he..."

I agree with you Anita. It was a technique to show how she grew up, but what is important to her is changing.