The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Summary:
In this irresistible novel, Sarah Addison Allen, author of the New York Times bestselling debut, Garden Spells, tells the tale of a young woman whose family secrets—and secret passions—are about to change her life forever.
My Review:
I first saw The Sugar Queen in Barnes and Noble. I had been walking past the tables set out and the cover caught my eye. It was a soft cover with a beautiful picture of a lollypop and a girl in a dress. I took a picture of it with my cell phone so I could remember to request it from my library, but I was so back logged on books I never got around to it.
Then I stumbled across a hardcover copy on a recent vacation to Chicago. I saw this book in three different bookstores and the name rung a bell in my memory, but I didn’t put two and two together until I finally gave into my urge, purchased it and then, a month later, picked it up to read on the recommendation of another book blogger.
Like Chloe, one of the girls in this book, I felt as if this book was following me around, begging to be read. It was such a beautiful little story – charming in that every chapter is named after a candy, the main character is not a cliche, beautiful trim woman and the twist.. oh the twist is so perfectly bittersweet.
I don’t want to reveal much about the book because the beauty in it is discovering the bits and pieces revealed over the timetable of the story – but I highly recommend this book and cannot wait to read another of Sarah Addison Allen’s books – now that I’ve been introduced I do think I am hooked!
