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Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4 reviews

itsnotalakeitsanocean's review

mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I picked this up not realising it was the sequel to another book I haven't read, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It definitely scratched the itch for reading about silly rich family problems. Also I somehow managed to completely miss that this book was by the same author as The Inheritance Games series (which I don't intend to read because I hear it gets worse in later installments).

I'm going to forgo my usual "what I liked; what I didn't like" format in favour of some criticism:

I understand this is the second installment of a series and we should know who is who, but a family tree would have been beneficial;
especially when the "musical chairs involving parents" gets involved
The entire White Gloves plotline became completely irrelevant after a while. Also it felt like the girls got away with sneaking out to the initiation challenges far too easily. That said, I don't know what a good replacement for the sorority would be.
The constant flashbacks and flash forwards got to be annoying after a while too. In the case of the flashbacks
to the mothers/aunts as teens, the information felt like it was split up into multiple flashbacks for the sake of adding cliffhangers rather than uncovering a series of events over the course of a day and night
.
I think it was because I was so lost trying to understand all the different scandals that the eventual twin plot twist didn't make sense to me. It was especially egregious when JLB had to add an entire chapter explaining Kaci's motives instead of them being hinted at or Sawyer and friends uncovering them.