Janice Y. (jai) reviewed on 7/9/2009 + 310 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

There are a lot of young friendships in this book. It's in their conversations that I thought the book's strong points lay: everyone is very articulate and well spoken, which fits with the time period and their upbringing in London society. It was nice to read conversations between teenagers where there's wit and proper manners.

The problem I had however was there were a lot of characters to take in and after a while some of them sort of blended in together. Alex's brothers seemed indistinguishable to me besides one being the oldest and one being the most tactless (can't remember who that was though). Vivi and Ellie also have very similar voices, and when the three girls spoke, I couldn't really tell them apart besides their names, because their personalities are so similar.

I think it's one of those books I thought was just "OK", but others really loved it. I see a lot of glowing reviews online. For me, the best parts involve the romance and the conversations between characters, and it's still a quick, fun read but the plot is a little too predictable and the characters a little too wholesome for my tastes.

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