The Sugar Queen

Full review can be found here:

https://nordie.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/book-review-the-sugar-queen-by-sarah-add...

In some ways more predictable than her other books, but I found it equally delightful. ( )

3.35 I didn’t like this nearly as much as Allen’s debut novel, but I’m not done with her work yet. Read my full review here. ( )

I really enjoy Sarah Addison Allen's books. I love the mystical/fairy tale elements that she slips into what would otherwise be straight on romance or chick lit. I saw the twists in this story coming before they actually got there but that's OK because Josey, Chloe, and Della Lee were all incredibly likeable. I also loved the books that appeared out of nowhere and followed Chloe. I swear that happens to me too. ( )

The last of Sarah Addison Allen’s books (to date) that I’ve read, it’s also the one I like the least. Which is what I expected, and why I waited so long to read it in the first place. Something about the whole secret addiction to sugar turns me off, which is ironic, really, since I used to go to great lengths as a child to sneak and hoard sweets. But then again, I was a child, and Josey is an adult.

What I loved was Chloe’s ‘affliction’. If one is going to be saddled with an affliction, having the books you need at that moment not just show up, but follow you around, seems like a pretty good one to be saddled with. Embarrassing, maybe, but definitely one I could cope happily with.

There’s a plot twist involving Della Lee that was obvious to me from their first conversation. It seemed so obvious to me that I was sure I was going to be proven wrong, so I guess that kept me reading. I thought the entire story line with Julian superfluous and detracted from the story line, rather than added to it.

Overall, an easy read I was able to complete in a day, and perfect for what I needed it for that day. ( )