Envy

ENVY: Anna Godbersen: Harpercollins: Young Adult: 405 pages

In the third book of the Luxe series, misunderstandings, secret plots, and scandal continue to rage through the high society circles of 1900 Manhattan, particularly as Henry Schoonmaker, his new wife, his wife’s brother, and his former love travel together to Florida, each intent on his or her own purposes.

The Luxe books are so defined by their plot twists and intrigues that it’s almost impossible to review this third book without ruining the story. Once again, though, the author smoothly writes an engaging story of the tangled desires of young men and women who appear to have everything and yet never quite achieve happiness, ending with another cliff-hanger that sets up readers for the fourth and final book.

MBC