Cupid Chronicles
by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006. 207 pgs. Chapter book.
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006. 207 pgs. Chapter book.
This story is as light and fluffy as a cupcake with pink frosting. Like said cupcake, tween girls are going to eat this book up.
Willa finds her social life blossoming when she takes on the project of trying to save the local library by using her family’s inn to throw fundraisers. Things get even more complicated when Willa’s best friend decides to match up couples for one fundraiser using a compatibility quiz. Will Willa be matched with Joseph, her secret crush, or will he be matched with beautiful, rich Ruby who has been trying to get her painted nails into him for years?
Though there are no real surprises in the plot, this story is perfect for tweens who are not quite ready for books like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Princess Diaries. This book is a sequel to Wedding Planner’s Daughter, a story I was not as impressed with. (The story was cute but was somewhat disjointed at times and the main character’s obsession with the size of her chest got old after a while—a trait Willa has thankfully outgrown by the second book.) Cupid Chronicles can be read as a stand alone.
Willa finds her social life blossoming when she takes on the project of trying to save the local library by using her family’s inn to throw fundraisers. Things get even more complicated when Willa’s best friend decides to match up couples for one fundraiser using a compatibility quiz. Will Willa be matched with Joseph, her secret crush, or will he be matched with beautiful, rich Ruby who has been trying to get her painted nails into him for years?
Though there are no real surprises in the plot, this story is perfect for tweens who are not quite ready for books like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Princess Diaries. This book is a sequel to Wedding Planner’s Daughter, a story I was not as impressed with. (The story was cute but was somewhat disjointed at times and the main character’s obsession with the size of her chest got old after a while—a trait Willa has thankfully outgrown by the second book.) Cupid Chronicles can be read as a stand alone.
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