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A review by amystrolle
The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig
4.0
After coming across Willig's Pink Carnation series a few years ago, I was excited that she was branching out into other novels. The concept of the book was interesting enough, a Great Gatsby flavored revenge story. I had the good luck to win an advanced reading copy through the Goodreads Giveaway, in exchange for a review.
"The Other Daughter" was much better than the Pink Carnation series, although this book did have its faults. I appreciated Willig's construction of the secondary characters, such as Lady Ardmore, a woman hellbent on maintaining her grip on a bygone era, Cece, a Bright Young Thing representative of the 20's. I did like the protagonist Rachel/Vera, thought at times I felt her scheming and anger at the Ardmores, a little over the top. For the most part, I felt she leapt a little too strongly towards revenge, and that the planning the preparation for the revenge scheme, could have been a little more fleshed out.
However, despite these critiques, I still liked Willig's take on a Roaring Twenties story. I look to Willig's other ventures.
"The Other Daughter" was much better than the Pink Carnation series, although this book did have its faults. I appreciated Willig's construction of the secondary characters, such as Lady Ardmore, a woman hellbent on maintaining her grip on a bygone era, Cece, a Bright Young Thing representative of the 20's. I did like the protagonist Rachel/Vera, thought at times I felt her scheming and anger at the Ardmores, a little over the top. For the most part, I felt she leapt a little too strongly towards revenge, and that the planning the preparation for the revenge scheme, could have been a little more fleshed out.
However, despite these critiques, I still liked Willig's take on a Roaring Twenties story. I look to Willig's other ventures.