The Best Book You're Not Reading (5)

This book came out roughly around the same time as another book of the same genre.  Anna Godberson's Beautiful Days novel.  But Jillian Larkin's book deserves a look-see.  In fact, I like this book a bit more than Ms. Godberson's series.  I like the Flapper series and the time period that this book take place in.  I think the characters are better written, the plot is paced a bit faster and everything else that threads this book together just works.

Taken from Goodreads:


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. . . . 

According to Amazon, this book ranks #152,264 with 66 reviews.