Scandal in Spring (Wallflower Quartet) (edit title)

• Rated 5 stars

“3rd wallflower book not my favorite but still an ok book
daisy bowman and matthew swift”

• Rated 5 stars

““Good morning class! Today, we’re going to learn about how to incorporate The Longing into your Romance novel. Now The Longing is a highly essential plot device that can draw the reader in, while twisting the heart of the reader by the description of the sheer torture that the hero is in, having been denied the love and touch of his heroine. Now if you would open your textbooks, you will see that I have extracted portions of Lisa Kleypas’s book “Scandal in Spring”, to illustrate how important it is, to include The Longing into your book, as it can create a smoke screen to the fact that (a) your heroine is incredibly annoying; (b) you haven’t really developed a good and/or original plot and have chosen to fallen back on the boring plot tool of The Dark Secret to keep the lovers apart and/or to create The Misunderstanding; and (c) The Dark Secret you have chosen to unveil, that you have set up the reader to expect isn’t that horrific or surprising, so much so that your reader is left kind of going “THAT’S IT?!”. But that’s a separate class and oh! I might as well inform you, that if you want to learn more about how to write a good The Dark Secret plot, sign up for La Lola’s class on it because if anybody has the handle of dark secrets, it is my partner in romance crime La Lola. Heh Heh Heh *silence*
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For more of this review, check out: http://www.ripmybodice.com/2007/04/15/the-longing-101/”

• Rated 5 stars

“I think this book beat my fastest reading time. I sat down planning on reading only a few pages, but instead devoured it. I realize this is going against popular opinion, but I enjoyed Scandal in Spring more that Devil in Winter, and found Matthew to be a better hero than St. Vincent. Within pages I was utterly infatuated with both Daisy and Matthew. I found Daisy’s free spirit and wandering mind endearing, perhaps because I relate to her daydreaming tendencies. Kleypas successfully shows her child-like innocence without detracting from her independence and maturity. Her eccentricities made the love between her and Matthew even more poignant because it shows how Matthew accepts and loves her exactly for who she is. Matthew has easily earned a spot on my list of favorite heroes. It may be a matter of taste, but his appearance and personality strongly appealed to me. I would have been hooked by his physical description the first time he appears, but it was his actions and insights into his passion that took a firm grasp of me. By far my favorite romance cliché is the hero tormented by his passion but denying himself for some self-righteous reason. I love the progression from silently suffering and tormented until he reaches his breaking point in a storm of passion. I suppose it has to do with my desire for men to actually have more to them then they let on. Matthew’s angst was compelling without being overwhelming or pathetic. His personal strength and determination make his dilemma even more moving.

I feel compelled to remark that by far my favorite line in the novel was “I’m not cold, I’m from Boston.” Kleypas uses her usual wit and humor, which had me chuckling several times.
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• Rated 4 stars

“I was happy to see Daisy have her day! As always the wallflowers bring a smile to my face while reading about their pursuit of marriage. I thoroughly enjoyed Mathew as her love interest. Poor guy was a tortured soul. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“An easy read full of quirky and loveable characters.”

• Rated 4 stars

“this book is fun and i like the complication between the main characters. another wonderful installment in the wallflowers series!”

• Rated 4 stars

“I've always viewed Daisy as a childlike girl and I found it difficult to imagine her in compromising scenes. I gave this one a four because I didn't quite connect with the story and because Matthew is a new character and although I still enjoyed Daisy's humor, the story didn't tug at my heartstrings unlike Devil in Winter. This is an open end to the series, there are a lot of possibilities. Another thing I like about the story is the recurring characters of the other wallflowers and their husbands, who happened to be friends before everything. Blood is thicker than water, and I liked how everyone stood by Daisy when she needed them. In spite of all that, I still think she's childish, but not in a bad way. Her constant description of being petite is distracting, but given the Caucasian standards, she is short. I didn't warm much to Matthew's character because of my partiality to Sebastian, though his gallant efforts and actions are remarkable.”

• Rated 0 stars

“Not as great as the other three but still a good book to pass time by.”

• Rated 5 stars

“My favorite of all the Wallflower books. I cannot resist a sweet hero who has loved the heroine from afar. This book was a lovely example of this storyline. A real keeper.”

• Rated 4 stars

“Daisy is one of my favorites in the series, and I like that Lisa Kleypas shook it up a bit and gave her a hero I wasn't expecting. Lovely chemistry, and a great end to the series.”