![]() ![]() It's like a dessert you'd scorn for being too sweet but would devour anyway. The Sugar Queen.offers sincere relationship insight. Allen's inspired descriptions of Della Lee's ex-boyfriend Julian wonderfully explain the power "bad boys" exert over even good women. ![]() In 13 candy-themed chapters, secrets from the past unravel, and old and new dreams and romances come to fruition. Words such as sweet, charming and delightful are weak accolades for such a pleasurable book. ![]() Ariadne Meyers uses just the right touches of various Southern. Josey Cirrini is sure of three things: winter is. As in Allen’s previous work, there’s an element of the supernatural (self-help books that literally follow one around tears that sprout mysterious tropical flowers), and again it works. by Sarah Addison Allen Read by Ariadne Meyers. Sarah Addison Allen, author of the New York Times bestselling debut, Garden Spells, tells the tale of a young woman whose family secretsand secret passionsare about to change her life forever. Booklist (Starred review) - Carol HaggasĪllen’s second bewitching offering.is a candy jar of magical characters and mystical adventures. ![]() Like the most decadently addictive bonbons, once started, Allen's magically entrancing novel is impossible to put down. □ 2008 RT Reviewers' Choice Award winner for Best Women's FictionĪllen's delectable follow-up to her sprightly best-selling debut (Garden Spells, 2007) is another tasty trek into a world where things are not quite as they seem. Welcome to snowy Bald Slope, North Carolina. Imagine a world where the color red has startling powers and passion can make eggs fry in their cartons. ![]()
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