The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I love Sarah Addison Allen, and I loved The Sugar Queen almost as much as I loved Garden Spells and much more than what I’ve read of her other novels, even though I managed to figure out a major plot twist pretty early in. Despite the minor element of predictability the rest of the book was excellent.
One thing I DIDN’T like is how Josey Cirrini is described as being unattractive so much early on, but after she starts dressing better and wearing makeup the other characters consider her pretty. This sets up a number of assumptions about standards of beauty that I don’t quite care to address, since there is a character limit for these reviews that I could EASILY exceed.