Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things book cover

Bright Young Things

Paperback – Bargain Price, August 2, 2011

Price
$12.01
Format
Paperback
Pages
416
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Date
Dimensions
5.31 x 0.94 x 8 inches
Weight
11.2 ounces

Description

Review Praise for the Luxe series:“Characters are vividly sketched, and the suspenseful story is propelled by interwoven scandals and well–supported plot twists. A compulsively readable romance about young women who strain against societal conventions.” (ALA Booklist )“Readers will clamor for this sharp, smart drama of friends, lovers, lies and betrayal.” (Kirkus Reviews )“Mystery, romance, jealousy, betrayal, humor, and gorgeous, historically accurate details. I couldn’t put The Luxe down!” (Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Gossip Girl series ) About the Author Anna Godbersen was born in Berkeley, California, and educated at Barnard College. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is at work on the sequel to The Lucky Ones .

Features & Highlights

  • The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties.
  • Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is filled with pretty girls who will do
  • anything
  • to be a star. . . .
  • Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined—and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will.
  • The only person Cordelia can trust is ­Astrid Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother, Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets.
  • Across the vast lawns of Long Island, in the ­illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway, the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall—together and apart. From the
  • New York Times
  • bestselling author of
  • The Luxe
  • comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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I liked it just as much as The Luxe

4.5 stars

I've been looking forward to this book ever since I read The Luxe series and heard that Anna Godbersen was coming out with a new historical fiction series. I just didn't think I could love Bright Young Things as much as I loved The Luxe, but I did. Godbersen has the ability to immerse her readers in the historical world so completely that I felt like I was right there with her characters.

Cordelia and Letty are best friends in small-town Ohio. The book starts on Cordelia's wedding day: she has been caught "going too far" with her boyfriend and her domineering aunt forces her to get married. Cordelia and Letty escape to New York to follow their respective dreams of finding family and fame.

Like The Luxe, Godbersen excells with description and imagery in Bright Young Things. I felt like I was living in the roaring twenties alongside with Cordelia, Letty, and Astrid. The pace moves quickly, alternating between Cordelia's, Letty's, and Astrid's stories. The friends have entirely different experiences in New York and I enjoyed the different roles the three girls played.

The plot moved quickly and the book never got slow for me. I had a very, very difficult time putting this book down. If you've never read Anna Godbersen, I would recommend giving her books a try. They are all excellent!

Just One Gripe:
The fight between Cordelia and Letty and the consequences of their disagreement happened so fast. I could not believe how quickly they gave up on their years of friendship.

The Best Thing About This Book:
The strong, independent females.
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