This was just the fun, escapist story I needed during this pandemic and after reading some pretty heavy books lately! Sawyer Taft is living and working as an auto mechanic in a small Southern town with her restless single mother when her estranged socialite grandmother shows up and offers Sawyer money to participate in the upcoming debutante season. Sensing an opportunity to find out who her father is, Sawyer accepts and moves in with her grandmother. The story opens the evening of the grand final ball of the season with 4 of these debutantes, including Sawyer, all decked out in their formal gowns in a jail cell. The book alternates between their evening in jail and flashbacks to how they ended up there (with photos from a mysterious photo blog thrown in). It's a juicy story full of feisty characters, sarcasm and dark humor, more than one mystery, kidnapping, blackmail, scandal and revenge. Perfect for fans of shows like Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars or Riverdale. This book makes for a great beach - or pandemic - read!
You can find this book in our library and the audiobook (narrated in an entertaining unhurried Southern drawl) is currently on Hoopla.
To preview either format, look it up on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Little-White-Debutantes-Jennifer-Barnes/dp/1368014135/
