A review by ulrikedg
What a Wallflower Wants by Maya Rodale
1.0
Such potential, so poorly executed. First, obvious CW: sexual assault.
I enjoyed the first two books in this series, but this one just did not stand up. The time jumps were hard to follow, but, worse, the plot did not make sense. Let's assume for a minute that the hidden identity wasn't even an issue. How did they think the fake marriage was going to play out? If they told everyone at the party that they were married, what happens tomorrow or next week when everyone finds out they're NOT? Prudence's reputation is totally ruined. The school record is still broken, and the lie makes the school/mistress look bad. It's unlikely that Prudence's friends' husbands are going to want to go into business with a man who would lie about something like that. It all falls apart as soon as the party ends, and things are worse than if they hadn't lied!
Audiobook narrator Carolyn Morris does a perfectly respectable job and does not deserve to be associated with this total mess of a book.
DNF @ 41%.
I enjoyed the first two books in this series, but this one just did not stand up. The time jumps were hard to follow, but, worse, the plot did not make sense. Let's assume for a minute that the hidden identity wasn't even an issue. How did they think the fake marriage was going to play out? If they told everyone at the party that they were married, what happens tomorrow or next week when everyone finds out they're NOT? Prudence's reputation is totally ruined. The school record is still broken, and the lie makes the school/mistress look bad. It's unlikely that Prudence's friends' husbands are going to want to go into business with a man who would lie about something like that. It all falls apart as soon as the party ends, and things are worse than if they hadn't lied!
Audiobook narrator Carolyn Morris does a perfectly respectable job and does not deserve to be associated with this total mess of a book.
DNF @ 41%.