Book Review: Dollface by Renee Rosen
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
America in the 1920s was a country alive with the wild fun of jazz, speakeasies, and a new kind of woman—the flapper.
Vera Abramowitz is determined to leave her gritty childhood behind and live a more exciting life, one that her mother never dreamed of. Bobbing her hair and showing her knees, the lipsticked beauty dazzles, doing the Charleston in nightclubs and earning the nickname “Dollface.”
As the ultimate flapper, Vera captures the attention of two high rollers, a handsome nightclub owner and a sexy gambler. On their arms, she gains entrée into a world filled with bootleg bourbon, wailing jazz, and money to burn. She thinks her biggest problem is choosing between them until the truth comes out. Her two lovers are really mobsters from rival gangs during Chicago’s infamous Beer Wars, a battle Al Capone refuses to lose.
The heady life she’s living is an illusion resting on a bedrock of crime and violence unlike anything the country has ever seen before. When the good times come to an end, Vera becomes entangled in everything from bootlegging to murder. And as men from both gangs fall around her, Vera must put together the pieces of her shattered life, as Chicago hurtles toward one of the most infamous days in its history, the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
Review:
How I do love me a good ‘20’s era read! Dollface was one I was impatiently waiting for, eager to get this read, and I loved it! 1920’s, flappers, gangsters, speakeasies…all of some of my favorite things. I loved that the writing was able to transport me back in time, and feel as though I was seeing Capone from across the bar and that my husband was a dangerous gangster. Following Vera was breathtaking and felt so authentic. The characters and descriptions were researched and getting a history lesson while reading is a favorite of mine. If you like historical fiction or are a fan of this era like me, read this one!
4.5 stars
