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    Ingenue

    Written by Jillian Larkin

    Narrated by Abby Craden

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    If you love The Great Gatsby, you'll want to read the Flappers series.
    Power . . . love . . . scandal . . . there's never enough to go around.
     
    In the city that never sleeps, Lorraine Dyer is wide awake. Ever since she exposed Clara Knowles for the tramp she was-and lost her closest confidante in the process-Lorraine has spent every second scheming to make her selfish, lovesick ex-best friend pay for what she did. No one crosses Lorraine. Not even Gloria.
     
    True love conquers everything-or so Gloria Carmody crazily believed. She and Jerome Johnson can barely scrape together cash for their rent, let alone have a moment to whisper sweet nothings in the dark. And if they thought escaping Chicago meant they'd get away with murder . . . they were dead wrong.
     
    Clara was sure that once handsome, charming Marcus Eastman discovered her shameful secret, he'd drop her like a bad habit. Instead, he swept her off her feet and whisked her away to New York. Being with Marcus is a breath of fresh air-and a chance for Clara to leave her wild flapper ways firmly in the past. Except the dazzling parties and bright lights won't stop whispering her name. . . .

    INGENUE is the second novel in the sexy, dangerous, and ridiculously romantic Flappers series set in the Roaring Twenties . . . where revenge is a dish best served cold.

     


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 9, 2011
    ISBN9780307746962
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    • 4/5
      What a ride. 2nd in a series apparently. This has a group of young women who have all migrated from Chicago to NYC. Each chapter is told by a different one of the girls and once you get them all established in your head it gets easier to read. We have a mixture of blacks and whites. One young woman out to make a new life for herself, one out to save her brother, one out for revenge and another who's on the run from the mob with her lover. Again once you get who's established in your head it's a great read and fast paced. Towards the half way point we see how all of the stories are interconnected, for those of us who hadn't read the first book yet.
    • 5/5
      When last we left Lorraine in "Vixen," she had drunkenly outed her best friend Clara. Now working for the mob in N.Y., she has plans to betray Gloria and her boyfriend Jerome to the mob. Meanwhile, Gloria and Jerome managed to escape Chicago after Gloria killed mob man Carlito's hit man Tony. Despite his being black, Gloria has defied all the rules of society by loving him, and she's not giving in to them now. Starving and needing to work, they unknowingly accept jobs as a singer and piano player in Carlito's own speakeasy. Vera, Jerome's sister, feels guilty for setting up Gloria and her brother to Carlito and his men and is now in N.Y. to warn them of Carlito's plans to kill them. Meanwhile, Clara's life as a flapper was supposed to be over as she was ready to settle down with Marcus, the love of her life. Then she meets Parker, and writing for his magazine tears her and Marcus apart. Larkin has woven together another exciting story set in 1920's N.Y. when Flappers, Prohibition and Gangsters ruled the world.
    • 5/5
      Wow! Just as good as the first one! Can't wait to get my hands on the third!
    • 4/5
      I enjoy these books so much! Fun & dishy!!
    • 4/5
      Okay, so I enjoyed Ingenue a smidge more than the first book, mostly because the plot was faster-paced and more exciting. Other than that, though, I found the book mediocre for all the same reasons as I thought that about Vixen. Clara had more personality, but I thought Lorraine was a very poorly-written villainess: easily distracted, still needlessly caught up in the whole jealousy/hatred thing, and not really terribly intelligent despite how her character is supposed to be smart. The plot was, again, choppy and at times inconsistent. I was utterly baffled by some of the characters' decisions that seemed to not take into account the immediacy of acting to stop problems or how they would affect relationships. But of course, the book ends with another lead into a sequel that makes readers want to continue with the series.
    • 4/5
      We read the first in this series, Vixen, last year for book club. I loved it but never got around to reading book 2. I am sorry I waited so long, because I just finished Ingenue, Book 2, and I loved it too!The flappers this books revolves around are three very different girls - Gloria, Lorraine, and Clara. We got to know them in Vixen, but Ingenue shows the girls in the midst of growing up and becoming women rather than girls. Gloria and Jerome have a new set of problems, and have not yet solved their first set. Lorraine is the manager of high end club, but needs to get out from under the thumb of Carlito and have some confidence. And Clara must confront her demons - can she really do it? We also meet new characters such as Hank, who I desperately hope is in book 3 because he has some 'splaining to do, and also we learn more about Jerome's sister Vera, and Evan a trumpet player. They are starting to become actualized and independent, but have not left their problems behind, only escaped them momentarily. In Ingenue, these problems come to a head for all of them, and you will have to read to see how it all turns out. These are fun books and if you have ever daydreamed about being a flapper, these books are for you.
    • 5/5
      I really love the 1920s and the Flappers so this book was right up my alley. Of course, I loved the first book, Vixen, so I wasn't too worried about this one.Ingenue picks up where Vixen ended. Jerome and Gloria are now in New York trying to survive. Between running from the mob, trying to get gigs and trying to keep their relationship and living together a secret, that hasn't been easy. They have had to resort to stealing food just to eat and they have to use false names at gigs so the mob won't find them. This puts so much strain on their relationship, especially after Gloria finds a gig and is going to be supporting Jerome. They are both wondering how their relationship can possibly stand up to all this.Lorraine Dyer has graduated high school and is in New York, waiting to go to college. Her parents think that she is taking early classes but she's really the manager at a new speakeasy that is run by the mobster that is after Jerome and Gloria. Carlito has promised Lorraine revenge on Gloria if she can find the couple and bring them to his club. He promises Lorraine he won't hurt them but what good is a mobster's promise? Lorraine thinks she has a great relationship with her new neighbor and is trying to keep her mob boss happy. Clara is also in New York. She has come to New York to be with Marcus. When she meets up with some of her old friends and is recognized by the editor of an elite magazine she is surprised when he asks her to write some articles for him. However, the articles require her to head back into the wild and crazy parties that she has sworn off. So, which is more important...her promise to Marcus or her independence and becoming a journalist?I love how this book is divided into chapters from different characters POVs. It starts out with Vera, Jerome's sister and then goes between her, Clara, Gloria and Lorraine. For me, this keeps the book interesting. Gloria is so strong and independent yet she is still vulnerable and has her doubts over what she has done. It makes her very real to me. Jerome is madly in love with Gloria but he also has his insecurities. How is a black man going to marry a white woman? And how is he going to let her be the breadwinner? With all this going on, you could still feel the passion between the two and the heartache that the insecurities and doubt cause.Lorraine is as mean as ever...at least, at first. She is set on revenge since she feels that Gloria ruined her life. She comes across as very cold and unfeeling but then you get to see her doubts as well and her fear for her life. After all, if she doesn't do everything to Carlito's liking, she's dead. Toward the end, I almost liked her again. Clara is my favorite character. She really wants to be a journalist but is held back at first by her promise to Marcus to end her partying ways. When she gets the chance to write about all the crazy antics of the party goers, she is hesitant but eventually gets back into it for the sake of her job...or is it? Does Clara get pulled back in to the party all night, sleep all day ways of before or can she handle it? Of course, she lies to Marcus and deceives him but you can feel her guilt in the book.I love the descriptions of New York in the 1920s! They are so real that you feel like you are watching it on TV. The speakeasies were well-described and it is obvious that the author has done her research into this world and time. I really enjoyed this book. I loved the history in it and the characters are very well developed and everyone is very different from the other. I highly recommend that you pick up this series and give it a try
    • 5/5
      We start up this second book in the Flapper’s series in New York City, Gloria and Jerome hiding out from the mob, Lorraine working for the mob, Clara is back in the city that almost ruined her, can she stay away from her old life or is it too much of a temptation and Vera trying to find her brother and hopefully save his life and make up for what she had done in Chicago. Relationships go through some growing pains in this one! You’ll be surprised who ends up the happiest in the end.This one was a lot of fun again with some major intrigue as the stories and people converged for the climax and what a climax it was! It isn’t really a cliffhanger but the end of one chapter and the next book will be a new one because parts of this story were wrapped up very well, yet with just enough mystery to keep fans reading to see what happens next.I so enjoy the atmosphere in this series, the 20’s ,flappers, bootleggers, booze, gangsters and some famous people of the time play into this story! I love who Vera meets backstage at the Cotton Club and who engineers some of the bad things that happen! (No Spoilers) I think this is a great YA historical fiction series that teens and adults alike will enjoy no fantasy involved just a look at life in a different time when women were just starting to come into their own, segregation is in effect except of course that it’s ok for the African Americans to entertain you but they must come in the back door and an interracial relationship will get you in trouble I think it gives a great look at a life we can only imagine and hope that we have moved far away from. I do love books that that show strong women and this one is full of them , women in 1920 leaving the notions and traditional roles their parents have laid out for them to make their way in the world on their own, scary as that is.I look forward to the next installment of this series!4 1/2 stars
    • 5/5
      in·gé·nuenoun/ingénues, plural1. An innocent or unsophisticated young woman2. A part of this type in a play3. An actress who plays such a partI'll admit that I wasn't that excited about Vixen, the first book in the Flappers series. I guess that when I read it, I was just a little Roaring Twenties-ed out, between Anna Godberson's Bright Young Things and HBO's Boardwalk Empire, so it didn't seem like much beyond a bunk of bandwagon-y cliches set in the Twenties. But when I had the opportunity to read Ingenue, the sequel to Vixen, I thought I'd give it a try. Since I haven't visited the Twenties in a while, I thought it would be a little more enjoyable and perhaps a little more fresh.In Ingenue, the stories of the young flappers continue and go to level and unexpected places,most importantly, from Chicago to New York. Gloria continues her illicit relationship with the African-American jazz musician Jerome, while working hard to advance her own jazz career, even though the pair can't seem to get away from the mob. Gloria's former best friend Lorraine spins her own mafia-inspired webs, while Clara attempts to leave her old life behind and newcomer Vera, Jerome's sister, tries to warn him of the danger he's in.Filled with plenty of unexpected twists, Ingenue is a definite improvement on Vixen in many ways. Not only is Larkin a stronger writer this time around, but the characters and the story really come into their own here and finally take on their own identities. No cliches here folks, only well-crafted and exciting action, complete with backstabbing and great plotting.And for the first time reading a Flappers novel, I felt like the characters completely flew off the page and became real. I was finally able to connect with them. An excellent period novel, Larkin finally comes into her own.