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Signed, Skye Harper (2014)

by Carol Lynch Williams(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1481400320 (ISBN13: 9781481400329)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Paula Wiseman Books

review 1: I won't go so far as to say there's anything actually wrong with this book, and while I loved the first book I read by Williams (The Chosen One) it's basically been down hill from there...In this case, the language drove me absolutely bonkers (trying a little too hard to sound innocent/backwoods hick) and I can only tolerate an 8 yr. old sounding 15 yr old frequently referring to her bosoms before wanting to windup & give a book the old heave-ho. If that makes mean, well that's okay.
review 2: Winston lives in Florida with her grandmother, since her young mother has run off to Las Vegas to pursue an acting career in the 1970s. When Winston and her grandmother gets a letter from Judith Lee, aka Skye, Nanny is bound and determined to go and retrieve her wayward ... moredaughter. However, the family car is on its last legs, so Nanny decides to borrow the mobile home that belongs to her boss at Leon's. What she doesn't bargain on is Leon's son, Steve, stowing away in the vehicle and making the cross country trip with them. This complicates matters, especially since Winston has a huge crush on Steve, and Nanny was in love with Steve's father before getting pregnant very young with Skye. (Nanny is my age, and Winston is a year younger than my daughter. Hmmm.) Complications ensue during the trip to Las Vegas, and when the group arrives, they aren't quite sure what to make of Skye.Strengths: Even though I don't normally do well with quirky Southern books and I'm really tired of dysfunctional mothers, this kept me reading. Something about the 1970s setting, or Winston, just intrigued me. She reminded me a little of some of my cousins, I think. I do need books set in the 1970s, and this would appeal to girls who like YA romances. Not really anything inappropriate, although there's a lot of kissing, and a warning from Nanny not to get pregnant.Weaknesses: Winston likes to take her bra off and put it in the freezer. I found this a disturbing and unnecessary fact. I also didn't quite feel that her relationship with Steve was entirely healthy, put couldn't put my finger on exactly why. less

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