What a refreshing breath a fresh air this book is!There is nothing spectacularly creative or amazing about it, but it is honest, simple and sweet. The author is not attempting to be clever or edgy. What we get is a very down to earth, adorable tale perfect for any romantic, young or old alike. In an...
One of the main reasons I choose to read and review Middle Grade fiction, is that it tends to get overlooked. Out there in the wide world of YA it's easy for the Middle Grade novel, the younger brother let's call him, to get pushed out of the limelight. In actuality there are a ton of really great M...
The writing was like something out of a Jane Austen book, Polly, the main character, was a relatable twelve year old girl, and the setting (New Jersey) seemed like the perfect spot for the book. I still can’t help but say that something was missing.
ARC from publisher Egmont
This book took me EIGHT DAYS to get through. This is a middle grade novel! Which must mean that I found it boring and made up excuses not to pick it back up, which is exactly what happened. I wanted it to be charming and funny and smart, and it wasn't any of those things. There wasn't a single t...
A fun, charming book full of romanticism and sentiment, though at times it was almost too much so for me.12 year-old Polly, daughter of the owners of a bakery in a seaside town, is utterly and inescapably enchanted by the works of L. M. Montgomery and Jane Austen, those immortal scribes of a lost er...
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