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A review by actuallyjusthanne
Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
I hate to say this but . . . JLB has failed me. This second book was even less interesting to me than the first book. Most of the criticisms I had about it remain the same (premise doesn't really have any stakes, too many characters all with their personal drama, being shamed in society being the main reason any of them were compelled to do anything, Sawyer's character being inconsistent), and yet this book held my attention even worse than the first one.
I do feel like I would have been more invested in this book had I been able to keep track of who was who and who was related to who, because then I would be able to keep the different plot points straight.However, it doesn't help that who was related to who and the circumspect ways that they went about that was a major plot point in the book. The final reveal of no one is anyone's parents that they thought and everyone is kind of connected and not connected at the same time really threw me for a loop and to me wasn't a viable payoff to having read the whole book/two books .
To be honest, this book somehow took the uninteresting premise from the first one and made it even boring: the flash forward scenes in this book weren't as interesting, the stakes of the suspensy part weren't as high, and the characters were even more flat. The plot twists weren't very interesting and I honestly just never understood what everyone was going on about.
If you are interested in reading this duology, I would say to just read We Were Liars and be done with it. These two books really aren't worth your time. Go read The Inheritance Games!
I do feel like I would have been more invested in this book had I been able to keep track of who was who and who was related to who, because then I would be able to keep the different plot points straight.
To be honest, this book somehow took the uninteresting premise from the first one and made it even boring: the flash forward scenes in this book weren't as interesting, the stakes of the suspensy part weren't as high, and the characters were even more flat. The plot twists weren't very interesting and I honestly just never understood what everyone was going on about.
If you are interested in reading this duology, I would say to just read We Were Liars and be done with it. These two books really aren't worth your time. Go read The Inheritance Games!