Emily Southwell and her friends are finally graduating and looking forward to their Season in the spotlight! Their coming out ball is sure to thrust the girls into the extravagant life of nineteenth century London society. Lord Robert Townsend has other plans and announces his engagement to Lady Emily, ruining her plans.Her father insists that the match is made and she should accept her future. Even if that means giving up her dreams of being an artist and joining the Royal Society for the Beaux Arts. She decides that she must take matters into her own hands and find a flaw that would make Lord Robert unfit to be her husband.In her advances to discredit Lord Robert she often finds herself in the company of Mr. James Cropper who also seems to have a vendetta against Lord Robert. With the help of her three friends, La Petite Four, may be able to rescue Emily from the pending marriage and attend her lavish ball.This was a great read! I love historical fiction and La Petite Four is a wonderful addition to the genre! Regina Scott is an awesome writer! I really enjoyed this book and I hope she continues with books for Young Adults. La Petite Four has a little bit of everything; mystery, suspense, romance and of course really beautiful dresses! The plot is interesting and captivating. It took Emily and me the same time to figure out exactly what was going on with Lord Robert. The story is told beautifully without being overbearing as some historical fiction novels can be. I thoroughly enjoyed these characters as well. Although I would have liked getting to know more about Ariadne, and Daphne, even so I enjoyed their parts as supporting characters. And if I judged books by their covers (okay I do sometimes, I know you do too!) I would totally pick this one up! So yes after my last couple mediocre reviews, I’ve found a book that is worthy of the GREAT READ status! ( )

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Lady Emily has just graduated from a prestigious finishing school and she has grand plans for her life. She'll exhibit her art at her friend Priscilla's coming-out ball. She'll be invited to join London's most famous group of artists. She'll paint beautiful masterpieces and be a famous artist for the rest of her happy life. Unfortunately, her father has other plans for her and arranges for her to marry Lord Robert, a cad she hasn't even seen since they were children together (and she didn't much like him then). As Emily and her friends attempt to prove that Robert is a criminal unfit for marriage to a duke's daughter, Emily works on her art and discovers a new boy who is much more appealing.

I so wanted to like this book, but it really fell flat. Emily's motivations seemed really shallow and her friends (together the four of them make up "La Petite Four") are never very well developed as characters. I assume it's supposed to be a light and fluffly romance/mystery and it was, but I really just didn't care about any of the characters and that made this a rather painful read. ( )

based on the book promo I saw for this book I expected more. the characters lacked depth and motivation. Decent enough for a beach read as long as you don't expect too much from it.

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