Vixen (The Flappers Series, Book 1 ) by Jillian Larkin

If you love, The Luxe Series by Anna Godbersen, you will enjoy Vixen, for the most part. It starts off, strong and then ends in a rather ordinary, "cliff-hanging" manner. This book takes place during the roaring 20s and the characters are put together fairly well. The storyline has the potential to be very, very interesting and I expect the rest of this series to build up as Larkin gets more comfortable in her writing. This is her debut novel and she has done an above average job on it. It is entertaining, full of drama, with a bit of romance thrown in. The details and the glamour of the 20s is done in a way that pulls you into that decade without the complexities of the area, which make for a fun and easy read. The next book , Ingenue, is due out later this year. 

Grade: B- 

  Synopsis [B&N] Jazz . . . Booze . . . Boys . . . It’s a dangerous combination. Every girl wants what she can’t have. Seventeen-year-old Gloria Carmody wants the flapper lifestyle—and the bobbed hair, cigarettes, and music-filled nights that go with it. Now that she’s engaged to Sebastian Grey, scion of one of Chicago’s most powerful families, Gloria’s party days are over before they’ve even begun . . . or are they? Clara Knowles, Gloria’s goody-two-shoes cousin, has arrived to make sure the high-society wedding comes off without a hitch—but Clara isn’t as lily-white as she appears. Seems she has some dirty little secrets of her own that she’ll do anything to keep hidden. . . . Lorraine Dyer, Gloria’s social-climbing best friend, is tired of living in Gloria’s shadow. When Lorraine’s envy spills over into desperate spite, no one is safe. And someone’s going to be very sorry. . . .