Actual rating = 3.5This was a nice, scandalous read. Without giving too much away, I liked that it ended without everything being wrapped up with a bow, without every character 'seeing the light' of their arrogant, snobby, classist ways. There were too many descriptions of material possessions, which atually took up quite a lot of the prose of this book (almost to the point of redundancy), for me to rate it higher. I do however believe there is a large audience out there looking for a soap opera-y, Gossip Girl type book for adults, and this one fits that bill perfectly.