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Vixen by Jillian Larkin

DID NOT FINISH

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I always give books 50 pages to charm me or lose me, and I couldn't quite make it to the 50 page mark with this one. I mean, it's partially my fault. I KNEW this would be vapid fluff, but I was hoping it would fun, somewhat historical vapid fluff. Culpa mea - I am an absolute killjoy when it comes to books or movies that pretend to be historical but really just pander to what contemporary audiences are familiar with - and media like Boardwalk Empire hit the nail more squarely in the head when depicting life of the 1920s. And to be frank, I've always found shows like 90210 and Gossip Girl to be mindless and unentertaining (read, stupid - I'm a killjoy, remember?). It's gotta be back to classic literature and historical non-fiction for me.