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Tiny Little Thing: Secrets, scandal and forbidden love
Beatriz Williams, Beatriz Williams
3.86 AVERAGE
220 reviews for:
Tiny Little Thing: Secrets, scandal and forbidden love
Beatriz Williams, Beatriz Williams
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Christina Hardcastle, also known as Tiny, and Frank are the ultimate power couple on a journey to get him a national senate seat in 1966. Tiny is in Cape Cod with the rest of his family when her sister Pepper and Frank’s war hero cousin Caspian join them. But an envelope with incriminating photos of Tiny makes it difficult to maintain their perfect façade.
The seemingly perfect family is never what it appears. I read the second book in the Schuyler sisters series without reading the first but I don’t feel like it took away from the story at all. There were plenty of secrets and entanglements between the characters but I just didn’t feel like this one was for me despite it being written very well.
The seemingly perfect family is never what it appears. I read the second book in the Schuyler sisters series without reading the first but I don’t feel like it took away from the story at all. There were plenty of secrets and entanglements between the characters but I just didn’t feel like this one was for me despite it being written very well.
As I read this book I imagined Tiny Hardcastle inhabiting the world of Jackie and JFK -- Williams really captures that ambiance. In some ways the storyline was predictable, but it was very enjoyable nevertheless. Caspian is the ultimate hunky hero, Pepper is the perfect sassy sister, and Franklin Hardcastle Sr. makes a terrific villain. I do plan to read Williams' next novel, which is a sort of sequel. 3.5 stars rounded up to a 4.
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was selected as a MomAdvice Book Club pick this month.
A fantastic historical fiction escape as the curtain is pulled back on a high society couple striving for power as a politician. You need not read William's' first books to follow along with this plot. I really appreciated the final plot twists in this one and the author ended it in a completely unexpected way. A wonderful escape with juicy secrets!
A fantastic historical fiction escape as the curtain is pulled back on a high society couple striving for power as a politician. You need not read William's' first books to follow along with this plot. I really appreciated the final plot twists in this one and the author ended it in a completely unexpected way. A wonderful escape with juicy secrets!
"Tiny has a big fat secret. Perfect little Tiny is cracking apart"
Tiny was always the good girl growing up, she did everything her parents expected of her. Her parents told her she was destined for great things which they meant as she was destined to marry a great man.
Tiny meets and marries Frank, the absolute picture of her parents wishes. She loves him but two years earlier she almost called the wedding off and walked away.
Now Tiny is being blackmailed by someone who knows what happened two years ago.
Tiny feels responsible to make the drama go away, her husband is a politician and can't be connected to a scandal.
I enjoyed the story but I wound up with very high expectations from this author after reading 100 Summers. I've enjoyed each of her books that I've read so far but I'll admit that I seem to be looking for the can't-put-it-down factor that 100 Summers had.
This is the second of three books about the Schulyer sisters. You don't have to read the first one to enjoy this one but I think you'll enjoy it more if you do. The first book is The Secret life of Violet Grey. This second book also mentions that book's lead character Vivian, so I always find it fun to check back in with a character I liked.
* I forgot to mention, I totally loved Caspian's character. What a great guy. Love the name too. Hoping for an appearance of all the Schulyer sisters, Caspian and Vivian's spouse in book three
Tiny was always the good girl growing up, she did everything her parents expected of her. Her parents told her she was destined for great things which they meant as she was destined to marry a great man.
Tiny meets and marries Frank, the absolute picture of her parents wishes. She loves him but two years earlier she almost called the wedding off and walked away.
Now Tiny is being blackmailed by someone who knows what happened two years ago.
Tiny feels responsible to make the drama go away, her husband is a politician and can't be connected to a scandal.
I enjoyed the story but I wound up with very high expectations from this author after reading 100 Summers. I've enjoyed each of her books that I've read so far but I'll admit that I seem to be looking for the can't-put-it-down factor that 100 Summers had.
This is the second of three books about the Schulyer sisters. You don't have to read the first one to enjoy this one but I think you'll enjoy it more if you do. The first book is The Secret life of Violet Grey. This second book also mentions that book's lead character Vivian, so I always find it fun to check back in with a character I liked.
* I forgot to mention, I totally loved Caspian's character. What a great guy. Love the name too. Hoping for an appearance of all the Schulyer sisters, Caspian and Vivian's spouse in book three
A summer read - took place on my old stomping grounds Boston and Cape Cod.
This would probably be classified as a guilty pleasure book. Poor little rich girl marries inside her caste and surprise! it turns out poorly. But nah, it's an enjoyable read. My biggest beef is probably getting the protagonist's small stature drummed into me over and over and OVER. Every single physical description of her involves some adjective like "small" "tiny" "fragile" "delicate" "elegant" "bird like". I mean, her nickname is Tiny, so...yeah. It just gets really obnoxious after awhile. I liked Pepper. Caspian was just sort of too good to be true - like a damn Captain America wannabe or something. Frank's only redeeming quality ends up just making you pity him. Granny Hardcastle was funny. So basically I did enjoy the book for what it is: a fun beach read.