' I just love these books! They are easy to read and such a fun story. Overall, the series is a good 'guilty pleasure' book for women. I will still pick up the third book in the series to see what happens. The first book was fantastic but this one slowed down a bit until the very end. ' This is book two in The Luxe series and was not as good as the first book. I guessed most of it - should have been a writer of teen fiction, I guess! Cute, and absolutely what some reviewer said: The OC with big dresses and lots of hair. I understand why she loves these so much. ' Hmmm, another duaghter-recommended book. ' Not much substance, but for a young adult novel, it was entertaining. ' I liked this one better than the last, but some endings aren't happy. I can't decide if I'm going to read the next book. Took me about 3 weeks for a 400 page book. Good read but not a 'can't put it down' book. I'm not reading the rest of the books in the series.I read some 'spoilery' reviews of the last two books and that was enough for me.

' I didn't really feel sympathetic to any of the characters so it was a struggle for me to finish this book. The historical facts are detailed and accurate, and the story doesn't bore. ' A good sequel to The Luxe, but definitely not a five-star read for me. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.It's probably a good comparison to go with the first was like tv pilot it wasn't the best in the series, but it set up the characters nicely, and now it's developing nicely.' The characters are definitely becoming more multi-faceted and I feel Godbersen is fully hitting her stride. 'After reading this book in the series, I'm liking it more. I couldn’t put The Luxe down!” -Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Gossip Girl series “Mystery, romance, jealousy, betrayal, humor, and gorgeous, historically accurate details. This is Manhattan, 1899.Īfter bidding good-bye to New York’s brightest star, Elizabeth Holland, rumors continue to fly about her untimely demise.Īll eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed: her mischievous sister, Diana, now the family’s only hope for redemption New York’s most notorious cad, Henry Schoonmaker, the flame Elizabeth never extinguished the seductive Penelope Hayes, poised to claim all that her best friend left behind-including Henry even Elizabeth’s scheming former maid, Lina Broud, who discovers that while money matters and breeding counts, gossip is the new currency.

True love. False friends. Scandalous gossip. In this delicious sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Luxe, nothing is more dangerous than a scandal.or more precious than a secret. Gossip Girl meets the Gilded Age in this delicious and compelling novel, the second in the New York Times bestselling series from author Anna Godbersen.Īs old friends become rivals, Manhattan’s most dazzling socialites find their futures threatened by whispers from the past.

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