Books by Julie Berry
language
English
review 1: A quick, suspenseful read that I couldn't put down. Judith and her friend went out in the middle of the night and her friend was found murdered and Judith came back years later partially mutilated. Set during the colonial era, Judith is treated as the town pariah by even her fa...
language
English
review 1: This is a wonderful telling of an oft told fairy tale - Cinderella. It's almost unrecognizable as the same story; but there are enough similarities that I think it must be patterned after Cinderella. Berry tells a story rich in description with wonderful characters. The end seeme...
language
English
review 1: I must admit that I was at first skeptical of reading a YA that is touted as both a romance and a thriller. However by the end of Julie Berry’s lecture at BYU this year, I was hooked. Berry’s ability to create atmosphere and emotion in the few short paragraphs she read from this ...
language
English
review 1: At first, I liked the charm of the setting and the friendships between the people in the village. After I read further, with the prince coming to the village and giving the two young girls a chance to study at the university, the story picked up on an adventure. This adventure ...
language
English
review 1: In a small school for girls in Victorian England, the hated headmistress and her odious brother die suddenly over dinner. What shall the 7 girls do but work together to hide the deaths so they can stay together, of course. Madcap shenanigans ensue, as they slowly realize that the...
language
English
review 1: A good book and a nice piece of fantasy, no question. Julie Berry's style produces and easy read with a compelling and exciting story. I enjoyed especially the character of Clair, Evie's leviathan, and the relationship that is forged between them. The writing was good, and the st...
language
English
review 1: A delightful murder mystery with one of my favorite things (in reality or fiction): a group of dissimilar girls who love and take care of each other. The nicknames ("Stout Alice," "Smooth Kitty," etc.) make it super easy to keep track of the girls from the very start and highligh...