My thoughts are still kind of all over the place about this book. I really had fun with most of the book, but I agree with other reviews that this book should have been about 100 pages shorter. The story jumps between the present and the nine months leading up to the debutante ball. I definitely got a Gilmore Girls vibe from the relationships between Sawyer, her mom, and her grandmother. This is a contemporary story laced with a mystery surrounding the identity of Sawyer's father.

The first half of the book was really funny, and I enjoyed reading about the Southern wealthy lifestyle. The second half was a little frustrating. A large chunk of the latter half of the book was a lot of characters running around trying to figure things out and building up to a big "event/plot twist," which ended up being very disappointing to me. The plot twist at the very end was something that I could have done without because it didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the story or the characters.

Overall the scandals were really tame (except for one), which made the buildup disappointing. While this was a fun read for the most part, I found this book to be just OK.