Book 3 then had to launch a lot of new plotlines, which were interesting but otherwise unnecessary. Everything was wrapped up - not necessarily in a happily-ever-after sort of way but in what I felt like was a satisfying ending.

Honestly, Larkin could have ended this series at book 2. But while I liked the final installment in the Flappers series, I thought it didn't quite capture the magic of the first book. Jillian Larkin is very similar to Anna Godbersen in the way she tells a story, and I love a good historical. I've really enjoyed reading this series, and I'm sort of sad it's over. Similar Books: The Debutantes by Cora Harrison, Parlor Games by Maryka Biaggio, Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen Beneath her smile, though, Gloria's keeping a secret. Now that the charges against her have been dropped, Gloria Carmody is spending the last dizzying days of summer on Long Island, yachting on the sound and palling around with socialites at Forrest Hamilton's swanky villa. She can't bear to see Marcus lose a chance for true love. The old Lorraine would have sat by and let the chips fall where they may, but she's grown up a lot these past few months. Finding out that Marcus is marrying a gold digger who may or may not be named Anastasia? A nightmare.

And if she has to be unhappy, she's going to drag everyone else down to the depths of despair right along with her.īeing a Barnard girl is the stuff of Lorraine Dyer's dreams. If Marcus Eastman truly loved her, how could he have fallen for another girl so quickly? Their romance mustn't have been as magical as Clara thought. Parties, bad boys, speakeasies-life in Manhattan has become a woozy blur for Clara Knowles. Joy and tragedy collide in DIVA, the riveting conclusion to the Flappers series, set in the dazzling Roaring Twenties. If you love The Great Gatsby, you'll want to read the Flappers series.

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