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Saturday, December 21, 2019

Review: Diary of an Accidental Wallflower by Jennifer McQuiston

Author: Jennifer McQuiston
Publisher: Avon
Publication Date: February 2015

Pretty and popular, Miss Clare Westmore knows exactly what (or rather, who) she wants: the next Duke of Harrington. But when she twists her ankle on the eve of the Season’s most touted event, Clare is left standing in the wallflower line watching her best friend dance away with her duke.

Dr. Daniel Merial is tempted to deliver more than a diagnosis to London's most unlikely wallflower, but he doesn’t have time for distractions, even one so delectable. Besides, she's clearly got her sights on more promising prey. So why can’t he stop thinking about her?

All Clare wants to do is return to the dance floor. But as her former friends try to knock her permanently out of place, she realizes with horror she is falling for her doctor instead of her duke. When her ankle finally heals and she faces her old life again, will she throw herself back into the game?

Or will her time in the wallflower line have given her a glimpse of who she was really meant to be?


I was in the mood for a historical romance and Diary of an Accidental Wallflower hit the spot.  The story involves Clare who has her sights set on snagging a duke as a husband.  However, when she sprains her ankle,she finds herself on the wallflower line, her friends conspiring against her and a handsome doctor who becomes a temptation.

One of the best parts of a book is when the main character ends up growing over the course of the story.  Thankfully, Clare does some major growing up in this story.  I really did not like her in the beginning.  She was kind of stuck up and unlikable.  I did love Daniel from the start.  They did have great chemistry and was rooting for them.  The other characters were fun and added a lot of comic relief to the story.  There are also a couple of surprises toward the end that I very much enjoyed.  I look forward to reading the next one in the series.


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