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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 27 year old josey is stuck in her mother's house doing her bidding. She has a stockpile of candy hidden behind a false closet wall to comfort her. She suddenly finds Della Lee dripping in her closet where she stays for weeks, giving Josey advice. Her friendship with Chloe who is hounded by books that appear whenever she needs them, and her friendship with Joey's cruch, changes her life. Fun read! (  ) audryh | Oct 16, 2009 |  A great and enjoyable read, the writing style is fluent and always kept me guessing. I couldn't put it down, I had to wonder what happens next, Sarah Addison Allen really knows how to capture her readers and keep them hooked. I love the magic in the sense of mysterious and inexplicable things, it's comparable to her first novel Garden Spells. I loved her first novel better than this but it's an interesting read as well. Josey is the typical ugly duckling turned beautiful swan and her relationship with her mother is quite saddening. It's great everyone has her own happily ever after, and good triumphs over evil. Unlike typical stories, the bad person is personified as someone who's drop-dead gorgeous and has a magnetic force, it's as if he's the devil. I liked the symbols used in this book, the plot and the events that happened, it's a feel good book too. (  ) yurioujo | Oct 11, 2009 | I was somewhat trepidacious about reading The Sugar Queen. Like my expectations of Paris, it could not possibily live up to the glory I'd hoped for. Even LibraryThing's 'will you like it' said, "Probably will like it". What a ho-hum wish! Fortunately, I never listen to what I'm told and must always learn the hard way. So, I jumped in, and, like Paris, The Sugar Queen exceeded the beauty I'd imagined. It is now listed among my favorites. I'd recommend this lovely book to those who like their realities sprinkled with cinnamon and fairy dust. (  ) tiddleyboom | Oct 2, 2009 | Josey has lived in the same little town her entire life. As the daughter of the man who brought the town back to life, her life has been under constant scrutiny. When she was younger, she was a little hellion well known for throwing tantrums but after her father died, Josey has done all she could to a sweet daughter to improve her relationship with her mother, Margaret. That decision has turned her into a door mat. She is under the thumb of her ruling mother so much so that she can hardly leave the house. Her only comfort is in a stash of candy in the back of her closet as well as a stack of trashy romance novels, neither that her mother has any aware of. After a difficult day, Josey goes to her closet to endulge in both secret pleasures, she finds a woman in her closet. Not just any woman, but Della Lee, a woman with a shady past but a heart of gold. So like a fairy godmother, Della Lee is about to turn Joseys closeted world upside down. This was such a great book. It reminds me so much of Allen's previous book, Garden Spells. It is like your favorite candy that you just want to sit back and enjoy but find yourself eating it far to quickly. I didn't want this book to end! I love the main character of Josey with all her flaws and sweetness and Della Lee with her wit and practical advise. The supporting characters were well rounded and made you want to know these people in real life. I can't wait to see what Sarah Addison Allen will write next ( ) selkie_girl | Sep 12, 2009 | Sweet and bidible, yet shy twenty-seven-year-old Josey Cirrini lives with and cares for her aging mother. Though Josey has outgrown her devilish childhood pranks, everyone remembers the unlikeable child she was and will not let Josey forget that part of herself. To compensate for having no friends and comfort herself, Josey eats all manner of sweets and reads romance novels while hiding in her secret closet each night. Sarah Addison Allen weaves a spell-binding tale of romance and mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat and turning page after page to find out just how much Josey doesn't know about the father she idolizes, even though he passed from her life when she was still very young. We also discover why Josey's overbearing and quite unpleasant mother is so bitter. While being somewhat predictable, The Sugar Queen is a fresh look at romance with a small dose of mystery thrown in and generously laced with humor and compassion. This book is eminently readable and not too sticky sweet despite it's constant references to sugary treats in the names of every chapter as well as in several points throughout the text. Recommended for romance readers as well as those looking for something different. This review is simultaneously published on Amazon.com, Dragonviews, and Library Thing ( ) 1dragones | Sep 9, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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