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Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

15 reviews

juanis450's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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marit213's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Soo, I might have read this book without knowing it was the second book in the series. However, except for maybe a little bit more confusion who was who, this wasn't that big of an issue. I really enjoyed the book, and it was a quick read. I did not see the ending coming at all, which was very nice. However, and perhaps this has to do with me reading this book without the first one, at some point I was kinda lost who was related to whom, especially with the flashbacks to the parents of the main characters. Overall, really enjoyed this read
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lkristin2018's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This is a fun YA mystery, full of family secrets and intrigue.
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itsnotalakeitsanocean's review against another edition

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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.
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gillianengelbrecht's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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emmajh91's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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ameliambetan's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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mrsalexisrjones's review

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adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The debutants from book one are about to be college girls. But first, a casual summer by the lake. And by casual summer I mean the indoctrination into a secret society
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tjazz's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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bellaguiliano's review against another edition

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

5.0

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