Scandal in Spring

The Wallflowers, Book 4

By: Lisa Kleypas

Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells

Quirky and fun-loving American heiress Daisy Bowman is the last unmarried Wallflower. Her exasperated father has informed her that if she can’t find a husband by the end of her third London season, she will be forced to marry a man she hates - the ruthless entrepreneur Matthew Swift.

Daisy is horrified. A Bowman never admits defeat, so she decides to do whatever it takes to marry someone...anyone...other than Matthew. What she doesn’t count on, however, is Matthew’s unexpected charm, or the blazing sensuality that soon flares beyond both their control. And Daisy discovers that the man she has always hated just might turn out to be the man of her dreams.

But when a scandalous secret is uncovered, it could destroy both Matthew and a love more passionate and irresistible than Daisy’s wildest fantasies.

©2021 Lisa Kleypas (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

Decent story but…

Having A non American narrator try American accents is disturbing. In this one a Boston accent comes across like a Brooklyn gangster. Annoying in the extreme. This I have heard from a number of them and really ruins the narration.

Entertaining

I have found that Lisa Kleypas books have gotten better through the years. Some parts had me feeling that peices were left out, but overall a great story, as usual

Mary Jane Wells + Lisa Kleypas = Perfection

I adore this book, as well as almost anything by Lisa Kleypas. Mary Jane Wells is so talented and brings everything she narrates to life!

What I didn’t love… First, the story itself is a bit slow in parts. Second, there are times when you just want to smack the crap out of the older sister and tell her to mind her own. I know she’s supposed to be overbearing, but the icing is a wee bit thick.

What I loved… First, Matthew. I love Matthew and he is perfect for Daisy. I really like their story! Second, EVERYTHING ELSE! I truly enjoyed this book! It’s romantic, but not cheesy. (I cannot stand the romance books where the H/h are sobbing as they say I love you.) It’s funny. There are parts where I laughed out loud.

There are 3 or 4 sort of graphic intimate scenes, which is not a criticism. More of a heads up. Personally, I think Lisa Kleypas is wonderful at writing sexual scenes that feel intimate and passionate. They’re descriptive enough to heat up the oven but not so descriptive that they cross over into adult toy land/erotica.
Overall, very nicely done Ms. Kleypas and Ms. Wells!

Loved this series each one was full…

Full of good well defined characters. Full of interesting storylines and touched with just the riff GT amount of spice intrigue and mystery!!!

Not the best in the series

I enjoyed the story but the narrator especially the male parts made me cringe. Much more enjoyable narration by Rosalyn Landor.

So fantastic!

Love love love! Both author and narrator have done it again! This is my second time going through this series and certainly not my last!

Love This Series

I have listened to this series 3 times because I love it so much. BUT...the the male American accents in this audioboom are horrendous and are painful to listened to. I force myself to stick with it for the series but I hate this particular one.

Bad American accents

Story is engaging as the "Wallflowers” story continues. Unfortunately, the narrator has underwhelming Boston and New York (American) accents. In fact it was quite distracting at times.

Sardonic

Author overuses the word sardonic too much in this series. Once you hear it, you can't stop hearing it.

Great story

As always, the story is excellent, witty, amusing, beautifully written. I just have to say that the narrator really needs to work on her American accent and it’s sort of ruins the flow of the book a little bit. When she narrates English men and women she always gives beautiful inflection and character to their voices. The Americans in this book would actually sound more English for the time period, but even if they had modern day American accents they sound way too flat, harsh, and at times monotone and angry, than real Americans.