By Jen Turano
Review by Teresa S. Mathews
5 Stars*****
Once
again Jen Turano has penned a tale guaranteed to entertain and
delight and I will go so far as to say, tickle your funny bone. This
is book one in a new series titled Apart From the Crowd and
it was filled with many interesting characters of whom are a part of
New York's High Society. Our lovely main character Permilia Griswold
had her debut later in life than most young ladies and the only place
there seemed to be for her was with the wallflowers, and so the fun
begins!
“Wallflower,”
most young ladies born into wealth would rue being called that but
not strong-willed, independent Permilia. In fact it fit her purposes
quite well, no one would ever think she was taking notes at all the
balls and publishing them in the local paper under the pen-name
Miss Quill. So, Permilia trying her best not to be noticed while
taking notes, sees a terrible accident in the making, rushes to help
and being the epitome of her usual gracefulness, is almost flattened
by a falling object until she is rescued by Asher Rutherford.
Asher
Rutherford, a well standing member of society despite being the owner
of a department store. Most of his influential peers think it odd
that a man of his family's wealth would stoop to running a business,
thankfully no one knows the real reason and he would like to keep it
that way. As Asher is making his way through the crowd at the latest
ball his attention is caught by none other than the feisty, beautiful
but somewhat awkward Permilia Griswold. That was the beginning of
an interesting evening filled with all types of adventure, intrigue,
and even an overheard murder plot. And if you were to believe the
report published in the paper the next morning, Permilia and Asher
were the talk of the ball, but not necessarily in a good way!
If
you haven't read one of Jen's books yet, let me encourage you to do
so. From start to finish you will be thoroughly engrossed with
her lively characters and their even livelier antics, and I promise you will find yourself laughing out loud on more than one occassion! I always finish
up Jen's books feeling like I was a part of a grand adventure!
***Thanks to Bethany House and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion***
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