The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Aug. 20th, 2008 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snugglekittyThis book is the second novel from the author of Garden Spells. I read Garden Spells earlier this year and enjoyed it very much. This second book, I imagine, will be even more popular, as it is a bit darker and edgier than Garden Spells.
Josey is the sheltered daughter of a rich family. No one in her small hometown can forget her terrible behavior as a child. To make up for it now, she lives only to please others. Her only escape is a secret space behind her closet, which she fills with candy, romance novels, and travel magazines. But when a strange, flashy woman sneaks into her house and chooses the closet as her hiding place, everything in Josey's life will be turned upside down.
"'So who is he?' Della Lee asked from the closet.
'Excuse me?'
'The man you ran out of here to see.'
Josey immediately sat up straighter. She put the catalog on the desk and opened it, startled. How on earth did she know that? 'I don't know what you mean.'
Della Lee was silent for a while as Josey ate cookies and pretended to look at the catalog. 'It feels like he's taken your heart, doesn't it?' Della Lee finally said. 'Like he's reached in and pulled it from you. And I bet he smiles like he doesn't know, like he doesn't know he's holding your heart in his hand and you're dying from him.'" (p 15)
Based on Garden Spells I thought that this was going to be pure, fluffy fun, but it wasn't. I liked the former a bit better, but this was still good. Three stars. Recommended for fans of Alice Hoffman.
Josey is the sheltered daughter of a rich family. No one in her small hometown can forget her terrible behavior as a child. To make up for it now, she lives only to please others. Her only escape is a secret space behind her closet, which she fills with candy, romance novels, and travel magazines. But when a strange, flashy woman sneaks into her house and chooses the closet as her hiding place, everything in Josey's life will be turned upside down.
"'So who is he?' Della Lee asked from the closet.
'Excuse me?'
'The man you ran out of here to see.'
Josey immediately sat up straighter. She put the catalog on the desk and opened it, startled. How on earth did she know that? 'I don't know what you mean.'
Della Lee was silent for a while as Josey ate cookies and pretended to look at the catalog. 'It feels like he's taken your heart, doesn't it?' Della Lee finally said. 'Like he's reached in and pulled it from you. And I bet he smiles like he doesn't know, like he doesn't know he's holding your heart in his hand and you're dying from him.'" (p 15)
Based on Garden Spells I thought that this was going to be pure, fluffy fun, but it wasn't. I liked the former a bit better, but this was still good. Three stars. Recommended for fans of Alice Hoffman.