By the time we got to chapter 4 (p.48) my 9 year-old daughter said, “Mom, I’m bored.” I suspected as much because she didn’t beg me to read this book to her every spare moment as she did with some of the other books we’ve read. She was also somewhat irritated that the main character was always referred to as Julia Gillian. “Why don’t they just call her Julia?” she asked. Dare I say what the other characters were called? Bonwit, Cerise, Lathrop and … Zap. We had a good laugh over the last one. Needless to say, I think my daughter couldn’t relate to the characters and their story didn’t interest her.
This book is the latest in the Julia Gillian series. Readers who enjoyed her other books may also enjoy this one. As for us, we’ve decided to skip this series altogether.
Too bad it was boring b/c I love the cover!