Book Review + Giveaway: Sugar Lump by Megan Gaudino
Media Type: Ebook
Title: Sugar Lump
Author: Megan Gaudino
Publisher: Evernight Teen
Pages: 226
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Source: Xpresso Book Tours
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Genre: Young Adult Mystery
HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart
Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mysteries and have a curiosity about human behavior
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Seventeen-year-old travel blogger CC is stuck on a never-ending road trip with her wanderlust-addicted father. When her dad lands the job of his dreams in Sugar Lump—wedding capital of the world—CC finally finds a place to call home. Complete with two quirky best friends and a quixotic guy to crush on, Sugar Lump is more shades of perfect than she can possibly count.
But when CC accidentally overhears the mayor complaining that she has to “take out” a rogue employee for not fulfilling the terms of his contract, the idyllic town’s facade crumbles. Devastated by the possibility of having to move yet again, CC discovers everyone has been keeping a massive secret from her—including her own father.
There is so much to unravel about this story, I really enjoyed following CC around her new town getting to know the quirky characters. At the end of the day it’s a very interesting commentary on the wedding industry as a whole and the promise of “happily ever after”. I was anticipating a much different outcome to the mystery of this town, but was happily satisfied with the closure.
CC is a fairly typical seventeen year old girl who wants to fit in and find a place that feels like home, her dad promises that Sugar Lump is that place. With his dream job baking wedding cakes in the wedding capital he assures CC that his wanderlust days are over. There is some mystery as to why, but as they settle in to their new house and CC gets to know the town, the mystery just gets more complicated.
Every character in this story provides some clue as to what goes on “behind the scenes” in town, but every piece of information just adds more confusion to CC’s life. You will enjoy going on this adventure with CC and her new friends as the pieces eventually fall into place.
The wedding industry is an interesting one and a whole town devoted to it is actually not all that surprising. Ask anyone who has planned a wedding in the last 15 years and they can tell you that the wedding industry is crazy with a capital C. Just the mention of a wedding at a venue or caterer and the price magically goes up. Providing the “perfect” wedding day is a full time business and a very prosperous one for many people. The promise of happily ever after is what most couples are looking for and Sugar Lump provides that. But is everything the way it seems?
I highly recommend this fun and insightful mystery of the small wedding town of Sugar Lump. You won’t be disappointed.
Megan Gaudino works in a high school library by day and on her own books by night. She’s made up of a mixture of black clothing, iced coffee, and a desire to go adventuring. Those things sort of come together naturally to form a writer. She lives in Pittsburgh where you can find her reading, writing, and Instagraming.
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