Jamie Campbell (1)

This was alright. Bit odd. More telling than showing. There's not really anything evil about Cinderella either - I expected it to be kind of dark but it was more just fighting between two teenagers who had a thing for the drama. The mum/stepmum was a bitch but also not evil - just bitter and grieving from the loss of a husband she loved very much. Prince Charming is an arrogant ass, but one who has fallen in love with Cinderella and she him. Anna is in love with the coachman she speaks to all of once. That bit I found hard to take, there wasn't any lead up to it until she's basically eloping with him. There wasn't really a lot here but what was, was average. 2 stars.… (meer)

Hannah, under pressure from her mother to "get out of the house" during the summer, decides to volunteer at the local animal shelter. On her first day there, she meets Basil, a very sad dog who has been there, unclaimed, for months. She also meets Harry, another high school student and fellow volunteer. Convinced that a dog as nice as Basil, and as sad, must be missing his family and his family missing him, she convinces Harry that they have to find Basil's family.

This is a short, light, fun story about two teenagers doing something positive with their summer. Recommended.

I bought this book.… (meer)