Name: The Sugar Queen
ISBN: 9781848943636

Sarah Addison Allen

Twenty-seven-year-old Josey is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season; she's a sorry excuse for a Southern belle; and sweets are best eaten in the privacy of her hidden closet. For while Josey has settled into an uneventful life in her mother's house, her one consolation is the stockpile of sugary treats and paperback romances she escapes to each night ...Until she finds her closet harboring none other than local waitress Della Lee Baker, a tough-talking, tender-hearted woman who is one part nemesis - and two parts fairy godmother ...

The Sugar Queen

Rebecca C Wright

Another great book from Sarah Addison Allen. Her "southern fried magical realism" is fabulous. I love the worlds she creates in her books. There is always an element of whimsy and magic.

Sandra Gomes

Adorei. 
Gostei das personagens, das pequenas intrigas e da mistura de sobrenatural com a vida quotidiana que é uma componente que me agrada bastante.

Foi muito fácil para mim identificar-me com a personagem principal, Josey e, talvez por isso, apaixonei-me perdidamente pelo seu interesse amoroso no livro, Adam.

Uma leitura leve, muito agradável e que sabe a pouco...

Quiet Josey Cirrini's peaceful life caring for her elderly mother is turned upside down when Della Lee Baker, a confident and bold waitress fleeing an abusive boyfriend, decides to hide out in Josey's home.

Shawna Gavas

The story centres on Josey, a 27 year old who still lives at home caring for her aged, needy mother (Margaret) out of a sense of retribution for the way she behaved as a child. One day a 37 year old woman named Della Lee literally shows up in her closet, wet and wearing only one shoe. Della Lee encourages Josey to seek out a woman named Chloe who works in a cafe, has recently broken up with her boyfriend Jake and has books constantly stalking her. Throw Adam the mailman, Rawley the cab driver, Helena the superstious housekeeper and Julian the sleeze into the mix and you've found your way to Bald Slope!

The story weaves together the lives of these characters and how they are all connected. I love how the author gives regular every day objects life, creating personalities for them. A book for example is not just a book....a book doesn't like to get wet and therefore doesn't like to come into bathrooms. A book is always there when you need it regardless of where you are. A book is sneaky, hiding in your cereal boxes in the morning. You just never know with this author but she has a way of writing these quirks into her stories making them completely believable and humourous.

The book had a nice steady pace throughout, but in comparison to the other 2 books I have read by Sarah Addison Allen I found this one a little predictable and had the ending figured out fairly early on.

Still a good read and would recommend Sarah Addison Allen to anyone looking for a new author to try!

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Josey is twenty-seven, and there are three things she is sure of, her favourite season is winter in her North Carolina hometown, she's a sorry excuse for a Southern belle and she loves to eat sweets in the privacy of her closet. One night she finds Della Lee Baker harbouring in her closet. Della Lee is a local waitress, and she's a tough-talking, tender-hearted woman who is one part nemesis and two parts fairy godmother...

The Sugar Queen

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