Book Review: I picked up her second book simply because her first was so delightful! I was expecting an equally enthralling read but was sorely disappointed!
In her second novel Allen sadly falls short of her debut in Garden Spells! The author who's debut novel I couldn't put down failed to keep me entranced through her second attempt. Her characters were accentric and taciturn and I couldn't connect with any of them on a more deeper level than words on a page. The plot was rather bland and the whole ensemble seemed almost haphazardly put together with long pauses for effect.
I did however, like that her protagonist was an identifiable character. She was definitely not your run-of-the-mill variety.
Basically, I was not into it! Slightly dissappointing.
Book Synopsis: Much like her charming debut novel Garden Spells, Sarah Addison Allen's Sugar Queen is a blend of food and magic. Josey Cirrini is fast approaching thirty. She's a plump, painfully shy recluse who hides in her closet stuffing herself with junk food and reading romance novels to find solace from her overbearing mother (the two live together). While her mother Margaret was a classic Southern belle, Josey is mousy and timid, with no friends, no love life, and no dreams. She's expected to stay and care for her mother. But Josey's dull, predictable life is turned upside-down when bad girl Della Lee mysteriously appears in her closet, smack-dab in the middle of her stash of moonpies, pecan rolls, and Little Debbie snacks. Della Lee is Josey's opposite: she lives fast and hard, has been arrested for solicitation, and seems to be on the run from someone. The only problem is that she refuses to leave the closet.
Synopsis Courtesy of Amazon.com
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