The Blackwater saga follows the Caskey family through the years. It highlights their business journey, familial ties, and the mysteries that are Elinor Caskey and now Francis Caskey. The Fortune is the next to last book in the series, where Miriam seeks out to make them even more rich, the elders settle into old age, and Francis becomes a mother. This novel shows a real shift from childhood to adulthood in the Caskey sisters, with them taking on roles and responsibilities that previously would have been left to the adults. What repercussions do these shifts cause?


This may be my favorite book so far in the Blackwater saga. Reading through the changes the family are going through, and SO quickly, made me not want to put the book down. Frances' pregnancy, birth, and then incessant visits to the Perdido river and the rift it caused between herself and her family (aside from her mom) makes me wonder if they're going to start ~figuring it out~. The ending honestly was s o bittersweet and what makes me wonder if Oscar and/or Billy are going to attempt to figure out what is truly UP with the Caskey women. I feel like this build up of tension was the perfect way to set the scene for the final book, and has me on the edge of my seat to see what's going to happen next.