By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Freeform, 2018. 400 pgs. Young Adult.
Sawyer Taft is doing just fine when her rich grandmother, Lillian Taft, shows up at her front door with an offer and a contract. If Sawyer agrees to live with Lillian for nine months and participate in a debutante season, Lillian will pay her $500,000. Although Sawyer doesn’t forgive Lillian for ignoring her and her mother for the last 18 years, the promised payout is too good to pass up. That’s how Sawyer finds herself rubbing elbows with members of high society, going to brunch at the local country club, and in a jail cell with three other debutantes.
I really enjoyed Sawyer as a character. She was smart and tough but had a softer side to her as well. I thought her development throughout the story was great and seemed genuine as she came to care for her cousin and the other debutantes. I thought the story was told well through flash backs that kept the reader intrigued. I also enjoyed that the focus of the story was more on Sawyer’s relationships with her mother, Lily, and Lillian instead of with a boy. My only criticism is that the ending was sudden with a giant twist that didn’t seem wholly necessary. I would recommend this book for anyone who is already a fan of Jennifer Lynn Barnes or anyone who is looking for a book filled with secrets and intrigue but limited on the romance.
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