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Reviews:
Some
Like It Scandalous
The
Gilded Age Girls Club
By
Maya
Rodale
June
18, 2019
Avon
Mass
Market
Fiction
/ Romance / Historical (American/Victorian)
A huge, dynamite full 5 Teacups for Some Like It
Scandalous, the newest in Maya Rodale’s The Gilded Age Girls Club! This book kept me up until the wee hours of the morning, I absolutely loved it!
We start off with a flashback to Central Park, New
York 1883, our heroine, Daisy Swann’s childhood where her book is snatched from
her hands by none-other-than Theodore Prescott the Third, as he grabs her book
she falls backward into the swampy pond amidst scum and the quacking of the
ducks. He begins calling her Ugly Duck Daisy, which stuck with her through the
years. Now in 1895 Daisy is grown up and she is summoned by her mother where
she is informed that she is to marry, to her horror, none-other-than Theodore
Prescott the Third. She is aghast and refuses to marry him. Her mother informs
her of the scandal pending but does not give her any details, all Daisy knows
is she must do something to save her family and provide for herself. Daisy has
had her heart set on becoming a spinster and making a great success at selling
her facial cream, which is the only real beauty she has her soft, luscious
complexion. Well, she runs out into the rain to the park where she runs
literally into Theodore.
He too has been informed that his wayward ways and
days gallivanting about the city, causing scandal after scandal, will come to
an end when he marries Daisy (Ugly Duck Daisy) Swann. He too is aghast and
refuses the marriage and off he goes into the park where he encounters
none-other-than Ugly Duck Daisy. Here, dripping wet from the rain, they seek
shelter in a gazebo and both express their disgust for the other, they both
hate one another and neither wants to get married. Daisy comes up with a plan
but Theodore will hear nothing of it, so off Daisy goes. It isn’t until Theo
finds he’s locked out of his Men’s Club that he goes back to Daisy and takes
her up on her offer. They fake their engagement.
Throughout
the rest of the tail, we are met with a lot of tension between the two as well
as a lot of sparks and love blossoming. We also learn some truths to each of
their pasts’ and some hidden talents. Theo learns of Daisy’s experiments in
making her facial cream and he helps her enhance it; by purchasing a store and
finding just the perfect containers to put it in as well as the most perfect
name, but dear readers’ you must read the tale to find out what its name is and
how this all unfolds. All I can tell you is you will absolutely love this tale
and both Theo and Daisy will touch your heart!
One thing I love most about Daisy is her strong
drive for independence and success, it isn’t just about making money but about
helping women. We learn in this tale some amazing historical facts: during this
time period makeup was not worn by a respectable lady, it was for actresses or
worse, prostitutes, a Lady never would wear such a thing. So, in our tale,
Daisy, with the help of Theo comes up with some really clever ways of selling
her product. We see such a change in both our H and h, but most importantly
Daisy, she challenges the rules of the day and takes them on and in fact,
begins to change them. I feel many women of today will be able to relate to
Daisy for we are still fighting for our rights and fighting against the norms and
rules placed upon us women and we are ever striving to change them.
An absolutely wonderful tale and Rodale’ did an
amazing job of creating a fictional tale whilst weaving in the realities of the
day in the late 1800s and showing us just how it was for men and women in
those days. Bravo to her, what an amazing writer she is. I feel you are going
to absolutely love this book and it deserves a place in every woman’s library!
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