Well, see, that didn’t work….MAINLY BECAUSE THE NEXT MORNING, DIANA SAW THE TWO OF YEHS TOGETHER AFTER THAT DRUNKEN NIGHT OF LOVEMAKING. But did that stop him? NOPE NOT REALLY.īecause he went to see her twice-once to tell her that he wasn’t in love with Penelope and two, that he’d divorce Penny and marry Di. And on their trip to Palm Beach, FLA, you best believe that girl kept trying to get Henry to stay away from her. Penelope, our resident bitch, keeps threatening Henry to go to the papers about him and Diana Holland, the girl he loves SO MUCH instead of her just so they can be married. BECAUSE GOOD LORD GIRL YOU IS ONE SHADY BITCH. Like, honestly, to tell you the truth, if I was playing a soap character on The Young and the Restless, I want my name to be Penelope Hayes. And when I say drama…my friends, THERE’S SOME DRAMA IN THIS BOOK.įor example, let’s look at the lovely marriage that is the Schoonmakers-Henry and Penelope Hayes. It’s like Gossip Girl, but in the 1900s, where people just kept throwing shade after shade after shade about one another, gossiping about whoever they want when they want in the papers (here’s to you, “Gamesome Gallant”…whoever you are….) and, of course, the drama. Young Adult.It has been a very long time since I’ve read something from the Luxe series-and once again, I loved it-a lot. This is another very enjoyable and well written Luxe novel. The plot is full of interesting twists and turns and as usual the ending is far from predictable. The reader wants to know what is going to happen – who will find happiness and who will stay in despair? Whether good or bad, or just trying to survive within a world they crave but have no right to, they are all engaging. However, the characters are believable, intricate and deep. Gossip can kill a reputation and ostracise a person and their family from the society they so tentatively cling to. This series has the ability to hook the reader.

Together they go on a journey that will change fortunes, affect each character’s destiny and leave many unanswered questions. Miss Carolina Broad has the trinkets and lifestyle she craved, one beyond her own birthright, but lacks the freedom to enjoy it. Meanwhile, Mrs Penelope Schoonmaker has everything she wants except the love and company of her husband Henry. Her younger sister, Diana, is also nursing a broken heart. Her health, her spirits and her future prospects are equally bleak. However, it hides the complexity of the lives of the troubled characters revealed within its pages.Įlizabeth Holland, once the envy of all young ladies of society, is now a grieving widow of a secret marriage. Once again, the simplicity of the title Envy explains the theme of the book.

It is now Manhattan in 1900 and a few months have passed by since we left the story of the Holland family in Rumours.

Envy by anna godbersen