A lushly painted picture of 1920s high life, Vixen is a bit like This Side of Paradise for girls and though it lacks the bite and irony of Fitzgerald, it gives a fair reflection of the shine. If you love The Great Gatsby, youll want to read the Flappers series.Jazz Booze Boys. Larkin’s mastery of the period slang and the way she paints in the setting are glorious. An atmospheric historical romance Publisher Description. I loved every moment of Gloria’s falling for the black pianist Jerome Johnson, and his cautious wooing of her. It bothered me, too, that even the characters who talked about going to university at Barnard or Bryn Mawr had no ambition beyond attaching themselves to the most appropriate man available – Gloria’s talent as a singer notwithstanding, was marriage really the only successful career option for a woman in 1924? More disturbingly, should we suggest to today’s teen girls that it’s the only option?ĭespite my quibbles with the plot, I found the reading compelling. It will entirely ease you to look guide Vixen Flappers 1 Jillian Larkin as you such as. It wasn’t steamy – it just felt to me as though the girls were in their mid-twenties rather than their final year of high school. This is why we allow the books compilations in this website.

What is remarkable about this novel is the use of such wonderful flapper slang as 'spifflicated,' 'jake,' 'swooney,' 'sheik,' and 'sheba. On the other hand, Vixen seemed more like an adult romance than young adult fiction. Vixen (Flappers, 1) by Jillian Larkin (shelved 19 times as flappers) avg rating 3. Jillian Larkins VIXEN is the first volume of her series THE FLAPPERS set between 19 in Chicago and later in New York. The detailed background descriptions, the easy and natural references to the literature, culture and couture of the day, and the effortless use of period language are extremely convincing. Their story is told in alternating chapters from their three different points of view. Wealthy society schoolgirl Gloria moonlights as the lead singer for a black jazz band her ‘country’ cousin Clara comes to help Gloria prepare for her wedding, while hiding Clara’s own shady past and Lorraine is Gloria’s ‘best friend’, constantly upstaged by Gloria’s beauty and talent.

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