Digital Reads Reviews

Whispers of a Scandal was both familiar and different in its delivery. Three best friends whose daughters were best friends too found themselves in the center of a gossip storm when one of the daughters discovered a scathing anonymous note in her school bag. The note was the reveal of the secret that the women were trying to hide. Someone was hellbent on exposing them, and it was up to the trio to stop them. 

Author Julie Corbin wrote a compelling prose till nearly 2/3rds of the story where the women had to deal with a whole lot of drama in their personal lives, some of them affected their friendship. I liked how their dynamics ebbed and flowed but always remained a support in moments of need.

According to me, the reveal was done quite earlier on. Hence, the last few chapters, which had a new plotline, though connected to our leading ladies, felt to be extraneous. And it was easy to guess the perp of that plot. For me, that brought down the excitement factor. Had the last plotline been embedded into the current one, it would have made a great twist. 

Nevertheless, the book provided me with entertaining hours between my chores (channel the Desperate Housewives series) and was a pleasure to read.