Author: Anna Godbersen
Series: Luxe #2
Pages: 423
Published: Jun 3rd 2008
Publisher: Harper Collins
Like the first one, I read this one is Swedish and then in English. I absolutely loved it and still do. Diana is my favourite characters and always will be. I know Elizabeth is my friend's favourite because she has this impossible romance with Will, but she is a little too girly and pretty for me. Diana is a rebel, daring and much more fun. I suppose Elizabeth is daring in her way as well though, sleeping with the stableboy and running off with him and pretends to be dead. However, I have the feeling that if I would be living at the time I would be a mix of them. Elizabeth in public and doing as my mum says at times (yes, I do the dishes), but a complete Diana inside.
Henry Shoonmaker is irresistible and I hope I'm not the only one that thinks so. Penelope is becoming worse and worse, although I do understand her to a degree. Lina's personality is becoming questionable but her story adds an interesting plot. Teddy is too good for any of them.
It's like the 1800's Gossip Girl. Enjoy.
Plot Summary:
December 1899 - New York City
Manahttan has bid farewell to its biggest star, the dazzling Miss Elizabeth Holland. Yet the rumours about her ultimately demise continue. Meanwhile her sister, the irrepressible Diana, has been seen in the company of not one, but three eligible bachelors. Might there be a fourth?
In high society, reputation is everything. The Holland smily simply can't afford to be the subject of such wicked whispers. Heaven forbid that they should fall so spectacularly from grace...
There is a very fine line between truth and lies, love and hate. And all is about to be gloriously revealed.
Favourite quote:
'Living too much in one's head can be dangerous'
9/10
Only if you enjoy 1800's, big dresses and lovely romance.
Other books in this Series:
The Luxe
Rumors (Luxe #2)
Envy (Luxe #3)
Splendor (Luxe #4)
Other Books by Anna Godbersen:
Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things #1)
Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things #2)
The Lucky Ones (Bright Young Things #3)
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