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Oct 23, 2010

Auntee rated it:

I loved this story! Maybe it was because I approached it with lower expectations, since everyone has said it's not as good as the first three Wallflower books, or maybe it was because LK is such a fabulous storyteller, and made me fall in love with the characters...but who cares--I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Thinking back on the other Wallflowers stories, maybe Scandal In Spring doesn't quite have all the drama, or even the passion (although Daisy and Matthew were passionate enough for m More...

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Oct 28, 2010

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* rated it:

Book 4 in the Wallflower series finds Daisy Bowman, the only wallflower yet unwed, being faced with an ultimatum: Find a suitable husband by the end of May, or be forced to wed a man of her father’s choosing. Who is that man? Matthew Swift, Thomas Bowman’s protégé and the last person on the planet that Daisy would ever consider marrying.

Matthew Swift learns about the marriage ultimatum from Daisy herself. While he has secretly adored her for years, there are skeletons in his cl More...

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May 06, 2011

♥ Sam ♥ ~S2~Im made of awesomness rated it:

I loved this story, I think all that much more because it was slightly different to the other Wallflower books in the series.

In all previous book we met the next match before their book was released. Even in the first novel we met Mr. Hunt in the very beginning before the season started and coincidently met Lord Westcliffe in the same novel. In Lillian and Lord Westcliffe's novel we met Sebastian but no where in Evie and Sebastian's book did we hear of Matthew Swift.

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Feb 01, 2011

Zeek rated it:

The fourth and final installment to Lisa Klepas wildly popular Wallflower series, I thought nothing could top Evie's story (Devil in Winter). Okay, okay, I'm thinking DIW is STILL my favorite- but Scandal in Spring comes a very close second.

In SIS we get Daisy's story. Younger sister to Lillian Bowman (It Happened One Autumn), Daisy is the dreamy imaginative one of the self-proclaimed Wallflower girls. A typical head the clouds type a gal, you just know it's gonna take a special man to More...

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Apr 10, 2011

Lady Vale rated it:

Ok I guess there are no words to describe how I feel about this series. I've been writing the reviews for the books in this series for the past 4 days and must recommend them to all romance fans.

But I will say something about this book. I know it is not how everyone felt, but I have to say that this was my favorite in the series. I absolutely adore Daisy! She was amazing. And I won't even begin to talk about Matthew because I won't be able to stop. I'm not in the mood for a review, More...

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Apr 18, 2010

Fani rated it:

Daisy Bowman is the last unmarried wallflower and her father is so disappointed with her that he decides to take matters into his own hands and marry her to someone of his choosing. That man happens to be Matthew Swift, an employee of his, who unfortunately Daisy finds completely unbearable. However, when Swift comes to England it turns out he's not still the unattractive, cold man Daisy remembered. The years that have passed were more than kind to him, turning him into a handsome, confident and More...

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Oct 28, 2010

Cheryl rated it:

I liked this book but I did have some issues with it. I felt like the author rushed Daisy falling in love with Matthew, I mean seriously! One sentence she didn't like him and and barely knew the man and the next she was in love with him! And then I felt like the end of the story was wrapped up way too quickly! This story could have been longer and gone into a little more detail. I would have like to have spent a little more time with Daisy and Matthew, especially after their marriage.
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Aug 29, 2008

Crystal rated it:

I gave this 4 stars, but it's really a little less than that. I loved the romance between Matthew and Daisy but I felt like this book was really missing SOMETHING. The mystery of Matthew's past was not interesting to me in the least. Usually Kleypas is able to draw me in with the underlying element of mystery in her stories, but from the beginning I felt that I didn't even care about Matthew's mysterious past. That whole part of the book bored me. I really wanted to stop reading the book after D More...

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Jan 13, 2009

Brenda (b) rated it:

The final Wallflower gets her man. An enjoyable read. I thought Lisa Kleypas made good use of the established characters from the other books. There were only really 2 new characters added here and they were Mr. Swift and Lord Llandrindon. It was fun seeing the other Wallflowers and their husbands.

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Jun 15, 2009

Karen rated it:

This is the fourth book in the Wallflowers series by Lisa Kleypas. The Wallflowers are the first novels that I have read by this author, but they won't be the last!

I think Matthew is probably my favorite hero of the four books, although Simon is close second...or maybe Westcliff...but then there's St. Vincent... Oh, who am I kidding? I LOVE all the men in this series.

I really have a thing for the unrequited love-from-afar story, and Matthew's love for Daisy is so real t More...

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Nov 02, 2011

Carla rated it:

The Last Melon!!

No wait, wrong story.

I meant to say: The Last Wallflower! NOOOOO! It’s so hard to say goodbye…

This is Daisy’s book, the dreamer/romantic/bookish wallflower. She has been husband-hunting for 3 years but as we all know men can be idiots and the girl is still single – and as so, her father sends for his most dedicated employee, Mr Matthew Swift, and tells Daisy she’ll have to marry the guy. Daisy can’t stand the idea, because she loads Mr Swift, More...

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Aug 19, 2011

Taryn-does it have romance? rated it:

FANTASTIC! FANTASTIC! FANTASTIC!

What a wonderful ending for the Wallflower Ladies! I can't wait to read the Christmas special now!

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Nov 19, 2011

Elise rated it:

Another wonderful series comes to an end.

I didn't love as much as the other Wallflower books; I just can't put my finger on why. I didn't want to read it like a crazy person like the others.

Daisy Bowman is the last wallflower yet to marry. Even though she is super adorable, smart, funny, and mischievous; she still hasn’t found the right one. Her father is giving her until the end of the season to get a proposal, and if she can’t get one she has to marry Matthew Swi More...

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Sep 14, 2011

Lily rated it:

Legendary Wallflower Series Finale -- not the best of the four, but enjoyable and fun.

Of the four Wallflowers, Daisy is the "cute" one. She's sort of a flower child, an elfin Audrey Hepburn type who enjoys books and make believe more than shopping for clothes or hunting for a rich husband. I liked her a lot, and I wanted her to meet a "real" Kleypas bad-boy.

The problem is, the hero is not up to Lisa Kleypas' usual standards. I liked Matthew Swift, bu More...

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Jan 14, 2011

Annie the Destroyer *Leather Lust* rated it:

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Jun 01, 2008

Eastofoz rated it:

Unfortunately I didn't think this was as good as the first three Wallflower books. It's more of a 3.5 stars though.

It was predictable and a bit boring. I wanted things to hurry along at times. Matthew doesn't really stand out as a strong hero like the other heroes in the previous stories and Daisy was too different from the other books where she appeared more whimsical. The steamy scenes were missing something too. Daisy's sister Lillian is a pain in this story, bossy, stuck up in a More...

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Mar 15, 2009

Karyn rated it:

This one is about Daisy, who in Devil in Winter (The previous Wallflower book) kisses Cam Rohan at the club. I started reading this book assuming then that the story would be about Cam and Daisy but again was pleasantly surprised. Lisa Kleypas has a knack for making the story seem so simple and yet something you don't wanna put down till the last page.

Daisy is a dreamer who spends her life in books. Her father wants her to get married to Matthew Swift who works with him and whom he More...

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Jan 18, 2012

Josephina rated it:

I'll be honest: Daisy was probably the least interesting of the Wildflowers to me, in the previous books. (I'll admit that, had Annabel not been the heroine if the first novel, that dubious honor would have been hers.) I don't really know why; there just wasn't anything about her that grabbed me like Lillian and Evie did. So it was something of a surprise that I enjoyed her novel so much. I would probably be hard pressed to say which I enjoyed more - her story or Lillian's.

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Dec 31, 2011

Melodramaticfool rated it:

This was one of my favorites in the Wallflowers series since my sister and I agreed I related most to Daisy. I honestly expected Kleypas to pair Daisy up with Cam Rohan who was mentioned in Devil in Winter but here enters Matthew Swift, a faithful man in her father's life. It immediately turns out promising after readers have seen that Swift has matured physically and has secretly carried a passion for Daisy since he first met her. Is that not the sweetest thing ever?!?

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Dec 31, 2011

Jackie rated it:

Out of all the Wallflowers, I identify with Daisy the most (though Evie is a close second). This saddens me because Daisy isn't as developed as the other characters (not literally, but probably that as well). She's the bookish dreamer made out of "thunderstorms and rainbows" in a cute package but that's about it. Kleypas doesn't explain enough why Daisy loves books, which is important since it's one of her main attributes. What I don't understand is that if all the girls have such diff More...

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Aug 04, 2011

Barb rated it:

Go figure, I read the last book first but I'm glad I did. It didn't detract from the other stories, I still have Summer to go, but I found this book great. While I wouldn't say it was my favorite of the series, Autumn and Winter being the best, I did thoroughly enjoy it and thought it was wonderful too. I thought Daisy and Matthew were well suited. It was cute how the "bag-of-bones", as Matthew was described by Lillian and Daisy in the beginning, turned out to be anything but once Dais More...

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Aug 01, 2011

Mlle. rated it:

The thing I liked most and the thing I liked least about Scandal in Spring were one and the same: the plot is almost completely determined by the ensemble characters.

Now, I was delighted to spend so much time with Lillian and Annabelle and Evie and Westcliff and Simon - although St. Vincent hardly appears at all. They're great characters, and the Wallflowers worked for me as a series that was about friendship as well as romance.

But the action - if you can call it action - i More...

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Jun 07, 2011

Sarah rated it:

In this book we check in with the final wallflower, Daisy Bowman, as she tries to catch herself a husband. Her father, at his wits end, has given her a ultimatum that she must find a husband within the next two months or she’ll be married to the person of his choosing–Matthew Swift, his second-in-command at the Bowman Soap Company. Matthew, btw, is Daisy’s nemesis.

Oh the horror! But wait, Matthew isn’t the horrid toad that Daisy once thought, although he is still pretty serious and More...

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Apr 27, 2011

Janina rated it:

I loved this book, too! Not as much as I loved "Devil in Winter", but this was a close second. I loved the hero, Matthew Swift, and would consider having his babies.

Daisy, Lillian's sister, is the only one left to get married. All her Wallflower friends are married off and blissfully happy and Daisy is the only one without a man. However, as much as she would like to find love, she's still got her books to retreat into and so she's content.

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Apr 15, 2011

Sylvie rated it:

I was disappointed to see Daisy, one of the stranger Wallflowers, turn out to be someone so vapid and uninteresting. I thought she would be one of the interesting book dreamers, but she was just pretty empty all around. I honestly didn't see the appeal she had to warrant the endless fascination Matt Swift had for her over the years. Worse, the story had a very weak plot that refused to move forward. I thought it was dreadfully boring - I don't need to read scene after scene of Daisy's supposed i More...

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Feb 13, 2011

Manuela rated it:

Dell'intera saga delle Audaci zitelle, questo romanzo dedicato a Daisy è quello che mi è piaciuto di meno. Forse meritava due sole stelline, ma la terza gliel'ho data solo perchè è la Kleypas e il suo stile è sempre di livello, ma il romanzo è abbastanza debole e deludente.
Daisy, fin dai tre romanzi precedenti, mi è sempre stata indifferente, ed anche nel romanzo a lei dedicato non spicca per carisma e carattere, anzi, continuo a trovarla decisamente insignificante; Matthew si salva, anch More...

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Nov 30, 2010

Debbie rated it:

Faced with the ultimatum of finding her own husband or being forced to marry Mr. Matthew Swift, Daisy Bowman stopped reading her book to take a walk down by the wishing well. The wishing well had served her ‘wallflower’ friends well, each of them were now married to a man they each loved. If only that same wish could come true for her too. Matthew Swift had watched Daisy and her family together for ten years now, he knew how her father treated her, he also knew he had no rights to her. His past More...

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Oct 13, 2010

Jill rated it:

The forth in the Wallflower Series, Scandal in Spring, is the story of Daisy Bowman and Matthew Swift.

Daisy has been around since the beginning of the story; an outspoken woman who sees life as fun and magic. Daisy is energetic and vibrant, hilarious and intelligent. She’s the wisher in the group and will rise to a challenge. She’s also short which makes for a few hilarious comments and situations.

Daisy has spent three seasons looking for a husband and hasn’t attracted a More...

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May 19, 2010

Crista rated it:

I have enjoyed this series immensely! Finishing Scandal in Spring is kind of like saying goodbye to old friends. I am sorry to see it end. Each of these women are unique, and their stories are also this way. Out of all the ladies, Daisy was the least interesting to me....until now. Scandal in Spring is one of the best of the whole series..second only to Devil in Winter.

Boy do I ever like a self made man...and NO ONE can spin a self-made man story like Lisa Kleypas can. Matthew Swift More...

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Mar 25, 2010

Michelle rated it:

Daisy is overshadowed in her book, in the "Wallflower series" by her sister Lillian. While Daisy seems to be a charming charachter we don't get to see enough of her and Matthew's growing love to really get a feel for either them or their story.

Felt like Lillian just came in and stole the storyline from the supposed heroine and her love interest.

Lillian was so much a part of this story, that after reading the book, I can remember more about her and her dialogue More...

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