If you haven't seen last month's post, I'd suggest you read that one first in this particular case, since this trilogy is actually by the same author as last month's series. I wouldn't exactly call this a continuation or a follow up series, but it does revisit a few things.
It's Manhattan, 1929. It's been 30 years since the events of the Luxe series, so it's a fairly safe bet that the Hollands and the Hayses and the Shoonmakers are probably still around, but by now the spotlight has shifted away from aging debutantes and towards the bright young things.
All eyes are on the flappers, with their bobbed hair and short skirts, and the rising starlets of the stage and screen. And there's no better place to be than New York City if you want to be in the spotlight.
Meet Cordelia Grey and Letty Larkspur. They're best friends from a small town in Ohio, and they're fed up with their dusty, boring, Midwestern life. That is, until they run away for New York. Cordelia wants to escape her restricting aunt, and Letty has dreams of being an performer.
Meet Astrid Donal, the bubbly upper-class socialite of White Cove. She's dating Charlie, the tough-but-loving son of one of the biggest bootleggers in New York, Darius Grey.
Meet Max Darby, the young, daring airplane pilot. He wants to be the youngest man to fly solo across the Atlantic, but he's stuck giving passenger rides and doing skywriting for the time being.
Being that these books take place in the midst of Prohibition and nearly center around bootlegging, I expected a lot of scandal. But the realm of accepted behavior has greatly changed since Gilded Age New York society. While the characters in the Luxe often had secrets and schemes, there seems to be a lot more openness among the main characters of Bright Young Things.
I'm currently in the middle of book three, The Lucky Ones, and I've loved these books. I read the first two in a few days, and I've laughed, cried, and loved the 1920s.
With an atmosphere of freedom and youth, brilliant dialogue, a few unexpected twists, and plenty of tense romance, these books have been a glittering and thrilling read. I definitely recommend them to fans of romance, historical fiction, mystery, and fans of the Luxe series. Anna Godbersen is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.
If you have any book suggestions, leave them in comments!
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