A Summer for Scandal

3.5 stars rounded down

I really liked the heroine and her sister. I was less sold on the hero. About 70% into the book he had managed to hurt the heroine, her sister and the heroine's sister's love interest (very Pride & Prejudice). However, unlike Pride & Prejudice, it seems like things were wrapped up too quickly and the big drama wasn't resolved satisfactorily. I think this critique could be more generally applied to the whole book; it felt too short. The romance felt rushed, the drama felt rushed and the resolution felt rushed. There seemed to be too many things going on at once. At my count there were 4 conflicts: her father's alcoholism and the shame it had brought, his father's second and third families, their respective secret personas and her sister's relationship with his best friend. If perhaps one or more of the conflicts were removed, the remaining aspects could have been better developed.